CRWR 291 - Topics & Forms: The OuLiPo & Constraint

FC ARHU CD WINT

4 credits
In this 200-level course, students read works by members of the OuLiPo (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle, or Workshop of Potential Literature), a movement that uses math-based constraints to create experimental literary works; students then engage with questions about the differences between such voluntary constraints and those society and culture impose on writers. Students write original works using Oulipian and non-Oulipian constraints. All texts will be taught in English translation, though students with working knowledge of French, Italian, or Arabic can also read texts in the original languages. This course is cross-referenced with CMPL.