English 192-002
The Memoir: Writing Your Life
Instr: Brusin, Sandra
Office: CRT 402; 229-2922
e-mail: sandyb@uwm.edu
Office hours: TBA
Course Information: MW; 11:00am-12:15pm; HLT G84
Course Description
Memoir differs from autobiography by focusing on a significant moment in a life as opposed to the collective moments from birth to the present that compose a life. It also relies on emotional truth, not just factual truth. Thus how you remember an event, your perceptions and feelings shape what's "true."
In this class, we will study the genre of memoir writing by reading a selection of memoirs, analyzing what makes them successful, and applying what we learn by writing a memoir about a particular person or event of significance.
