HUMS627

Story and Structure

Anne Greene

September 19 - December 12, 2016*
*Please note this course begins and ends a week later than courses in the standard term
Schedule: Mondays, 6:30 - 9:00pm
Location: Downey 100

Information subject to change; syllabi and book lists are provided for general reference only. Enrollment is limited to 18 students. This course does not allow auditors.

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Course Overview

This is a course for those who want to write with greater facility and with increased attention to the design of each piece. Students may choose to focus on narrative essays, memoir, or fiction. Exercises will focus on the organizational strategies that are most effective in each kind of writing. The class is informal, allowing participants to work collaboratively and to adapt the assignments to meet their own interests. Readings will be from contemporary prose writers including Annie Dillard, Jamaica Kincaid, Joan Didion, Philip Gourevitch, W. G. Sebald, and many others.

  • Faculty Bio
    Anne Greene (B.A. Radcliffe College, M.A. Brandeis University) has recently been appointed University Professor in the Department of English, in recognition of her excellence in teaching. In 2006 she received the university's Binswanger Teaching Prize. She offers writing courses for the English Department and GLSP and serves as director of the university's writing certificate program and the Wesleyan Writers Conference. Her former students' work has been widely published and has appeared in Best American EssaysBest American Short Stories, and Best American Travel WritingClick here for more information.