INQ-110 | 20th Century Women’s Memoir

Full Title: Reading and Writing the Self in Late-Twentieth Century Women’s Memoir

Topic Description:

Memoir writing engages the author in issues of culture and identity as the writer both records and interprets personal experiences for the reader. This course is a study of the memoir as form. We will explore the memoir as genre by reading and analyzing the memoirs of contemporary American women writers, and we will practice the art of writing memoir.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: April 2010