This course introduces the techniques used in speculative fiction—literary novels and stories using either science fiction, magical realism, or myth, or a mix of these, so the author can reinvent a country’s history, the country itself—even the world. We will read for technique, and discuss the effects these fictions achieve with their structures and the narrative and aesthetic strategies deployed. Students will write and workshop two stories. Readings may include: Virginia Woolf'sOrlando, Andrew Sean Greer’s “Darkness”, Kazuo Ishiguro’sNever Let Me Go, Chris Adrian’s “Every Night For A Thousand Years”, Anne Carson’sAutobiography of Red, Yiyun Li’s “Immortality”, Jan Morris’Hav, Toni Morrison’sSula, and Carmen Machado’s “The Husband Stitch.”
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| Alexander Chee | 3 |
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