LI 526 - L.A. Stories

Credits: 4 credits
Los Angeles has inspired writers and communicators like few other cities. This course explores a variety of narrative representations of Los Angeles across different media and genres and offers students a chance to create and workshop their own L.A. story-be it in fiction, the essay, literary journalism, or its video equivalent. By reading or viewing and then discussing the works of Nathaniel West, Joan Didion, Roman Polanski, and many others, students develop not only a deeper knowledge of the city in which they now find themselves, but also learn about the creative processes and the themes and theses through which L.A. has come to be most widely understood. Offered by the Los Angeles Program only.