16471
Seminar
WiSe 17/18: Versions
Josua Cohen
Information for students
In englischer Sprache
Comments
This course, “Versions,” will deal with the novel in myriad: how novelists come to make their work through multiple drafts, and multiple approaches to drafting (revision). Traditional academic analysis of assigned texts will be subordinated to discussions of how the assigned texts were made, which implies, how that making can inform your own “practice.” Further, ironic stance will be cultivated regarding use of the word “practice.” Writing a course description is as difficult for me as writing a poem.
That said, this course is a course for writers, or for people who are interested in writing: its purpose is not to inculcate an appreciation or even conception of literary history, but of literary technique.
The assigned texts have been chosen, and grouped, by affinity: the homage alongside the original; the earlier attempt alongside the later edit.
In a single sentence: It is my hope that this course will help writers, and people interested in writing, achieve a better understanding of how to live with and perhaps even enjoy the endless self-doubt of creation.
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Suggested reading
- The Enchanter, Vladimir Nabokov
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
- The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Wed, 2017-10-18 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2017-10-25 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2017-11-01 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2017-11-08 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2017-11-15 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2017-11-22 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2017-11-29 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2017-12-06 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2017-12-13 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2017-12-20 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-01-10 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-01-17 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-01-24 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-01-31 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-02-07 14:00 - 16:00
Wed, 2018-02-14 14:00 - 16:00