WRC 7072 - Posting the Modern

Institution:

California Institute of Integral Studies

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Description:

This class will offer a zero-gravity environment in which to examine and experiment with the smallest unit of experience: the story. From situating experimental narratives with regard to historical structures to utilizing techniques of the Dadaist, this class ultimately aims to help writers gain an extended vocabulary of form and content to use in future work. Toward this end, we'll be reading a great deal of experimental work from the late 20th century (primarily fiction, though the techniques applied are useful across genres). We'll spend a good deal of time dissecting the authors' methods and evaluating them, and write pieces of our own-not in imitation, but in innovation. What are the implications of structuringa piece of work in one way rather than another Are there political and social consequences from these changes And when that rectangle from around point C went to join the circus, how did it make us feel The writers in the room-the mad scientists of literature-know the answers,and we'll go in search of them writing and reading, including (primarily) fiction from the late 20th century, including work by William Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and Sapphire, among others.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ciis.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 575-6100

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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