Fall 2009 MFA Course Descriptions |
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LITERATURES IN THEORY 255 An introduction to modernist aesthetics with a focus on art and literary movements. Particular attention to be placed on relationships between modern literary movements (Realism, Imagism, Surrealism) and their counterparts in visual arts, music, dance, and theater, and the ways in which literary movements are components of or responses to issues of political and social identity. Pre-authorization is required for students not enrolled in the Literature Department’s MFA Program in Creative Writing. Please contact Tania Mayer (MFA Program Coordinator) for more information. LITERATURE WRITING 200 In this seminar we will explore the complex relationship between place and writing as it pertains to a certain saga of authors who have "passed through" Latin America. Some were born there and then left; some were born elsewhere and then moved, often for long periods of time, into Latin American territories. At times labeled as writers in exile or diasporic or migrant, we will read works in translation by Gombrowicz (Poland-Argentina), Carrington (Britain-Mexico), Deniz (Spain-Mexico), Peri Rossi (Uruguay-Spain), Moro (Peru-France), Negroni (Argentine-USA), Bolaño (Chile-Mexico-Spain), Castellanos Moya (El Salvador-USA), Rey Rosas (Guatemala-Morocco), among others. At the same time, we will conduct writing exercises in which displacement and deterritorialization will play fundamental roles. LITERATURE WRITING
202 A weekly meeting between a single faculty member, occasional guest poets, and a small group of MFA students engaged in a discussion of new student work produced during the time of the workshop. There will be assigned readings and some writing exercises to give the course focus. The workshop guides students toward beginning the manuscript that will constitute their MFA project. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
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