First-Year Research Seminar: Truth or Fiction? Memory and Storytelling

Semester and Year	SP 2010
Course Number	FIRST-UG703
Section	001
Instructor	Judith Greenberg
Days	Mon,Wed
Time	12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Units	4.0
Level	U
Foundation Requirement

Description

How do we shape the stories we tell ourselves about our lives? And, conversely, how do the stories we tell ourselves about our lives shape us? At the interface of what lies on the printed page and what lies within individual memory lies a process of interpretation and manipulation—the process of writing. This course will explore how memories are "written" in order to help students sharpen their own writing. The process of writing a series of critical papers over the course of the semester will serve as background for the final research paper. Readings and film will include Plato, Kurosawa, Sigmund Freud, Jorge Luis Borges, Virginia Woolf, Marguerite Duras, and Italo Calvino.

Course Type

First-Year Program: Research Seminars (FIRST-UG)