ENG 523 / 423  Questions of Travel
	Novitiate monks at the Dhitsripaya Monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar

Syllabus and Course Description

Course Schedule:  Calendar of Readings & Responsibilities

 

Course Readings & Essays on Craft

Patricia Hampl's "Memory & Imagination"                                                                                                    

Vivian Gornick's "The Situation & the Story"

Judith Barrington's "What is Memoir?"           

Dan Stolar's "Vietnam Challenged"  (early unpublished draft)

Susan Sontag's "Directions: Write, Read, Rewrite. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 as Needed"

Dan Stolar's "Vietnam Challenged"  (published draft)  

David Mamet's "A Family Vacation"  

 

Handouts

The Reading Response

Sample Reading Response

Craft Features:  Quotes, Ideas, Questions, Working Definitions, Dissatisfying Contradictions, all Sadly Insufficient

The Peer Response

Notes on Revision

Workshops           

Publishing Your Work

Course Discussion Site:  Course Reading Responses:  Post, Read and Reply

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