This course explores modes of auto-writing about the self. Drawing on anthropological and feminist theories of the self, we will ask what it means to bring the self into existence through writing. We will read examples of several genres, from autobiography through autoethnography, to understand which elements of the self can be illuminated by each genre. Each student will be required to produce and present a piece of self-writing. This course will be run as a seminar.
Enrollment is limited.
Consent of instructor required.