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Friday, May 10 • 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Elements of Autofiction: Memory, Time, Place, and Process
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What is autofiction? While the term may suggest a literature built from autobiography, we might more deeply engage with work called autofiction by considering it narrative of process—an interrogation of memory, time, place, and the self as a way to grapple with mystery. We will look at work by Annie Ernaux, Semezdin Mehmedinović, Teju Cole, Sigrid Nunez, and others, examining qualities of autofiction that may include associative structure, shifts in point of view, attention to place, the integration of found sources, and essayistic reflection. We will also do guided, generative writing exercises to discover how we might use the moves, features, and preoccupations of autofiction—these elements of process—in our own work.
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Stacy Mattingly

Stacy Mattingly is coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Unlikely Angel, an Atlanta hostage story now a feature film, Captive. Stacy’s work has appeared in Guernica, Literary Hub, Off Assignment, EuropeNow, and elsewhere. She launched the Sarajevo Writers’ Workshop in Bosnia... Read More →

Friday May 10, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Winthrop
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