About the Group
Modernism comes into the literary world on the back of World War I and the devastation that war wrought. In both fiction and poetry, those who became known as modernist writers were making a choice to separate from traditional writing. One of the purposes of this intentional break was to question the choices that led to WWI. Another was to explore the consequent feelings and thoughts of people coping with the destruction of their society.
Each of the 4 sessions of this workshop explore a different modernist writer and the method they used to break with the traditional auditory line. In each session we will look at examples of the work in question, focus on how the work breaks with old form, and posit what openings the work gives to new expressions of self. Each week, we will engage in an exercise intended to use your understanding to refresh your own work.
The goal of the course is to consider whether the forms of today adequately represent our experiences, and if not, where we might find inspiration for new forms.
4 sessions
January 11, 25, February 8, 22
Monday night 9pm Atlantic time
1.5 hours
- Discussion
- Writing exercises
- Have a regular writing practice
