Writing the Family Narrative

WRITING X 424.28E

Develop a small body of work by exploring different ways to creatively tell stories informed by your ancestral history, both known and unknown.

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Online
Starting at $720.00
As few as 10 weeks
3.0

What you can learn.

  • Explore how your personal ancestral history lives on in your writing

  • Employ sources like family history, gossip, and lore as starting points for new pieces
  • Use photographs and other available documentation to discover factual and emotional truths
  • Develop a small body of hybrid creative work rooted in family narratives

About this course:

As writers, our ancestral history breathes through our bodies and appears on the written page, whether we realize it or not. The stories of those who came before us—and the legacies they bear, for better or worse—are what we carry. We’ll use family history, gossip, and lore, as well as photographs, ephemera, and other available documentation to discover the factual and emotional truths of ourselves and our families. We’ll explore different ways to tell these stories, even when little information is known. Each week we’ll build a small body of hybrid creative nonfiction work and look at what these narratives say about us and the people in our lives.

Winter 2025 Schedule

Date & Time
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This section has no set meeting times.
Future Offering (Opens November 04, 2024 12:00:00 AM)
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Instructor: Darien Hsu Gee
401013
Fee:
$720.00
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Notes

Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after January 22, 2025
Course Requirements

Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

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