AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITING in Fall 2018 (CL1091FB9)

In this class, we will study authors who have used autobiographical narrative, essays, diaries, letters, fiction, and other forms to examine essential questions of identity from the antiquity to the present. Our exploration of these modes of inquiry will be complemented by the study of historical masters of self-portraiture, such as Van Gogh. By learning how others have documented their experience in language and in line, students become better readers of themselves and the world, and develop the technical skill to articulate this understanding with greater clarity.