AMST 19
Unfixing Masks, Upending Masquerades: Writing into the Waters of Melville's Benito Cereno
Winter 2025
Class Details
Guided by close readings and discussions of Herman Melville’s Benito Cereno, and engagement with generative writing prompts, students will identify themes in the work which they feel most compelled to explore through creative writing-braiding or fraying the threads of the text’s concerns with their own. Among the possible topics for further exploration are notions of self, myth, mask, masquerade, rebellion, revolution, memory, and collectivity.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 16
Expected: NA
Class#: 1025
Grading: pass/fail only
Limit: 16
Expected: NA
Class#: 1025
Grading: pass/fail only
Requirements/Evaluation:
Creative project(s)
Prerequisites:
None
Enrollment Preferences:
statement of interest
Unit Notes:
lê thi diem thúy is a multidisciplinary artist whose work in prose, poetry, and solo performance explores the role of the body as the site of memory. She is the author of the novel [The Gangster We Are All Looking For].
Materials/Lab Fee:
$15
Attributes:
SLFX Winter Study Self-Expression
STUX Winter Study Student Exploration
STUX Winter Study Student Exploration
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AMST 19 - 01 (W) SEM Writing Rebellion
AMST 19 - 01 (W) SEM Writing RebellionThuy Thi Diem LeTBA1025OpenNone