ENGL 1134.107 Memoir and Memory (Fall 2009)  Tags: linguistics_language_literature memoir memory  

"In this course, we will examine how authors construct their public, written selves. Since the self is, at best, a difficult and multi-faceted concept, we will consider a variety of texts in our endeavor to understand an author’s choices of literary techniques in his or her narration of the remembered, created self. While book-length memoirs such as Brainard’s I Remember or Kingston’s The Woman Warrior will figure in our investigation of methods of self-exploration and presentation, other readings will be drawn from non-fiction profiles, reflective essays, poems, and visual renderings. Through reading and the frequent writing of essays, we will explore how and why people write about themselves, while always asking, 'How does writing shape lived experience?'"

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