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Cursus: EN3V18006
EN3V18006
Life Writing
Cursus informatie
CursuscodeEN3V18006
Studiepunten (EC)7,5
Cursusdoelen
In-depth knowledge and understanding of primary genres of life writing; in-depth knowledge and understanding key theories of life narrative; ability to select and analyze relevant primary and secondary sources and to produce original scholarly work on the topic of the course.
Inhoud
Stories drawn from lived experience are a powerful force in English language culture and society. This course will examine the core themes and issues raised by a variety of cultural forms that take ‘lived experience’ as their base, such as biography, memoir, autobiographical poetry and fiction, the essay, documentary, and social media. The questions explored in the course include: how do life writers establish the veracity of their narratives? How do they negotiate the need to ‘tell the truth’ of their experience with the desire to tell an engaging story? How is life writing received by audiences, and what kinds of contributions does it make to cultural, political and social debates? How do we respond to the complex ethical terrain of writing and reading stories based on real people and real events? Students will be introduced to the importance of confession, testimony, witnessing, and documentation to a range of life writing forms in developing answers to these questions.

This is the third course in the Social Life of English specialisation.

LAS and TCS students who follow this course as part of the core curriculum of their major, need to complete a compulsory preparation course/assignment. See for more information: https://tcs.sites.uu.nl/
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