Wednesday, 11 am - 1 pm, GWZ 2 5.16
Hilary Leichter (Picador Guest Professor)
What do we mean when we say that a short story is strange? How does an author create a bizarre world that still feels tethered to our own? Language is already embedded with surrealism; how do we tap into the “power of the odd” to shine a light on the human, the emotional, the mundane? You can call it the unheimlich, the uncanny, or the just plain weird. American contemporary fiction is overflowing with new and off-kilter approaches to the form.
In this seminar, students will become comfortable discussing fiction that mines the otherworldly, the fabulist, and the fantastic. We will read short stories by masters of the form, including Jen George, Carmen Maria Machado, Donald Barthelme, Kelly Link, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, and Alice Sola Kim.
Please note that this class will only start in the week of May 16. Due to this, there will be double sessions for some weeks.
- Trainer/in: Anne Bertram
- Trainer/in: Annika Maja Schadewaldt
- Trainer/in: Katja Schmieder