Re-writing Realities: A Non-Fiction Creative Writing Workshop

This course focuses on the basic elements of creative non-fiction writing in Spanish. By writing our own pieces, we will discover how artistic uses of Spanish language can help us view our ‘reality’ under a new light. We will be reading texts from the Spanish language tradition of non-fiction produced through hybrid texts—that is, narrative and essayistic pieces that are not investigative journalism. Our readings will range from influential writers such as Rubén Darío, Jorge Luis Borges, and Alfonso Reyes to contemporary authors including Javier Cercas, Juan Villoro, and Eduardo Halfon.