ENG395G
Autofiction
English
BC
Subject code
ENG
Course Number
395G
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
J. Anthony
Course Long Title
Autofiction
Description
A concentrated study of the interstices between experienced and imagined truth, dilemmas of disbelief, irony, narration, dialogue, persona, and performance in twenty-first-century autobiographical fictions or "autofictions," as coined by French critic Serge Doubrovsky in 1977. Readings of contemporary autofictions, as well as novels written well before Doubrovksy, may include Stendhal, Proust, Wilson, Joyce, Baldwin, Heti, Millet, Lin, Lerner, and Knausgard. A creative writing component is required.
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC], Creative Process and Production [CP]
Writing Credit
No writing credit
Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements
(English: Post-1800)
Class Restriction
Exclude First Years
Offering Frequency
One-time offering