MFA801 Six Memos for the Next Millennium Workshop

MFA801 Six Memos for the Next Millennium Workshop

Qualifies for WVU MFA and Creative Writing Certificate Credits

* MFA Program Registration is required to access this course. Register here.

“One of the most rigorously presented and beautifully illustrated critical testaments in all of literature.”

~ Boston Globe

“A brilliant, original approach to literature, a key to Calvino’s own work and a thoroughly delightful and illuminating commentary on some of the world’s greatest writing.”

~ San Francisco Chronicle 

Average Time Commitment per Week: 6-8 hours

Course Length: 8 weeks

Difficulty (1-5): 5

Course Description: Students discuss, write about and experiment with Calvino's concepts in Six Memos for the Next Millennium

Week 1: Lightness - Discussion and 300-500 word creative exercise.

Week 2: Quickness - Discussion and 300-500 word response to chapter.

Week 3: Exactitude - Discussion and 300-500 word creative exercise.

Week 4: Visability - Discussion and 300-500 word response to chapter.

Week 5: Multiplicity - Discussion and 300-500 word creative exercise.

Week 6: Review: Summarize key points (500-700 word essay)

Week 7-8: Workshop (students many choose to write an essay or short story for their writing project)

Created by Bob Hembree

Facilitated by Bob Hembree

Required Text:

Print: Six Memos for the Next Millennium Italo Calvino Harvard Lectures (available Aug 2 2016)

Kindle: Six Memos for the Next Millennium (available Aug 2 2016)

See classroom for up-to-date assignments and discussions.

Classroom