Visualizing Literature: Texture/Structure

3 units

This course examines the intersection of literary writing and the visualizationof language. It challenges students to function as reader-designers, to develop new relationships between the written word and the seen word. Drawing on reading literary works, students complete 4-5 studio and writing projects in which they employ typographic methods to amplify the power of words, express personal stories through writing, and visualize narrativestructures in fiction and non-fiction. All projects are assessed through critique. No previous experience necessary.