MFA for All - Katie Kitamura (Bodies in Space, Bodies in Place)

How do we write setting in fiction? How can we use setting to generate characters and plot? How might place shape physical and psychological experience - and thus the construction of identity? We will look at a variety of examples across genres and forms, from literature to theater to dance, including the work of Sam Selvon, JG Ballard, Shirley Jackson, Pina Bausch, Jerome Bel, and others. The sessions will be comprised of lecture, close reading and in class exercises.

Tuesday, April 21 & May 5
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. EST / 6 p.m. to 8 p.m CST