WRC 7081 - Creative Inquiry for Writers:Writing and Consciousness

Institution:

California Institute of Integral Studies

Subject:

Description:

In fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, writers like Virginia Woolf, John Edgar Wideman, Cecelia Vicu?, Doris Lessing, Amos Tutuola, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Anne Carson, Haruki Murakami, Michael Cunningham, and Lydia Davis explore the nature of mind: reality and illusion; selfawareness and self-deception; dreams, madness, and the irrational; creativity; ways of knowing/perceiving; and the awareness of awareness of inner and outer worlds. This core introduction to the study of writing and consciousness includes both imaginative works and historical and contemporary theories of mind: philosophical, psychological, and neuroscientific. Students will employ creative modes of inquiry-both academic and imaginative-in the analysis and synthesis of course texts with self-reflection, artistic self-discovery, and the collaborative transformation of community. The class will include in-class creative and analytical writing exercises; multi-disciplinary, multi-genre collaborative presentations; and a substantial critical reflection.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.ciis.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 575-6100

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.