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Oct 31, 2024
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FNAR 6396 - Time Past, Time Present: Storytelling with a Backdrop of History
Credits: 3
All writing reflects a backdrop of history, and storytelling in fiction and nonfiction becomes richer, more dramatic, and closer to the “truth” when a writer researches, explores, and incorporates historical context. By mining the past for stories waiting to be told, writers spark their creativity and enhance the richness of their creations. When writers attempt to capture the significance of historical events, often the more dramatic approach is the most personal - a momentous event through the eyes of a single individual just living daily life in interesting times and struggling with personal challenges and demons. Whether an author uses fiction or nonfiction to capture that experience, dramatic storytelling can be the best way to explore time past, time present. The course combines creative writing with literary analysis and historical research to reflect the benefits of close reading, learning from the masters, exploring the “presentness” of the past, and enhancing the creative process. May be applied to the following curricular field concentrations: creative writing; humanities; arts and cultural traditions.
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