Reading the Self: Autobiographical Fiction and Memoir in Dialogue

This reading- and writing-intensive literature course explores how writers transform lived experience into compelling literary works. Through close reading of memoir, personal essays, autofiction, and autobiographical fiction and metafiction, students examine narrative voice, structure, memory, identity, and ethics. Weekly writing assignments invite students to experiment with telling their own stories, culminating in a polished, publication-oriented short piece or excerpt. Students will leave with deeper insight into how authors write the self.