INSTRUCTOR: Thomas H. McNeely
TIME: Four Sundays, January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. CST/CDT
PRICE: Early bird price: $150 for members, $180 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Monday, January 9. After Monday, January 9: $180 for members, $210 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here.
LOCATION: Online via Zoom
LEVEL: All Levels
CAP: 15
In this course, we will explore the different approaches to narrating trauma. As we experiment, we will keep in mind that each traumatic experience suggests a variety of different stories, and
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INSTRUCTOR: Thomas H. McNeely
TIME: Four Sundays, January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. CST/CDT
PRICE: Early bird price: $150 for members, $180 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Monday, January 9. After Monday, January 9: $180 for members, $210 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here.
LOCATION: Online via Zoom
LEVEL: All Levels
CAP: 15
In this course, we will explore the different approaches to narrating trauma. As we experiment, we will keep in mind that each traumatic experience suggests a variety of different stories, and may be narrated in a variety of different ways. Do we tell the story of the traumatic event itself, or its aftermath, or how we could not find words to tell the story, or how we were silenced? Do we narrate these events as a poem, a short story, a novel, a memoir – or a hybrid form that combines different narrative approaches?
Our approaches will be based on short excerpts from work by Sylvia Plath, Brian Teare, Ocean Vuong, Mary Karr, Eimear McBride, and other creative writers, as well as ideas from trauma narrative theorists and researchers, including Cathy Caruth and Bessel van der Kolk.
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