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Spring 2019
Apr 20, 2024 |
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| Writing Thru Conflict:Belfast - 32342 - ENG 2003 - 001 |
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Associated Term: Spring 2019
Levels: Undergraduate Villanova Campus Seminar Schedule Type Learning Objectives: Writing Through Conflict explores the important role of creative writing in confronting, protesting, and engaging with socio--political conflicts. The goals of this course are to study the work of established American, Irish, and other international authors who focus their creative eye on socio--political conflicts in their many forms, from poverty and racism to war and atrocity, and use these models as guides for the student's own original creative writing. In this course students will examine the lens through which established writers view these conflicts, will analyze the elements of craft employed by those authors and poets, and use similar techniques in their own creative writing. Among the writers we will study are: Seamus Heaney, Owen McCafferty, Claudia Rankine, Ta--Nehisi Coates, Yiyun Li, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Time in class will be divided between the discussion of readings, lessons concerning craft, directed writing exercises, and the workshopping of student work. This is not a lecture course, but rather a participatory experience that is essential to the success of the class. Regular attendance and active engagement is required. As part of this course, students will have the opportunity to travel to Belfast, Ireland over Villanova's Spring Break to participate in an intensive creative writing conference. The students will have the opportunity to participate in writing workshops, readings, and symposiums at Queens University. Co--sponsored by Villanova's Program in Creative Writing and the Center for Irish Studies, and in conjunction with the Seamus Heaney Center at Queens University, this exchange will have a particular focus on exploring the legacy of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Over a seven day period, students will engage in daily writing workshops with both Irish and American authors, take literary tours in Belfast, attend readings and creative writing symposiums in the evenings, and revise and share their work in a student showcase on the final night of the exchange. *There is a cost associated with the travel to Belfast. Please contact Professor Alan Drew (alan.drew@villanova.edu) for more information. Required Materials: Technical Requirements: View Catalog Entry
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