ENGL 071S. Contemporary Life Writing: Form and Theory

In this course, we will explore contemporary forms of life writing. The term "writing" will be used flexibly to encompass self-representation in visual forms (including graphic memoir, photography, and video). Our topics will include the intersections among autobiography, biography, and fiction; self-narration as a public and political form; and how life writing has become intertwined with theoretical explorations of gender, sexuality, race, and biopolitics. Authors include Gloria Anzaldúa, Alison Bechdel, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Jamaica Kincaid, Maggie Nelson, and Paul B. Preciado. Assignments will include a creative life-writing project as well as academic essays with close textual analysis and scholarly argument.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for INTP
Catalog chapter: English Literature  
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/english-literature


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