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[Albrecht Dürer: Melencolia I (1515)]


Crisis Diaries

Administration Guide:

[Diary of Dreams]

• Welcome


• Timetable


• Course Description


• Bibliography


• Assignments

Authors:

[Black Rose Girl]

• Lady Daibu (c.1157-c.1235)


• Daniel Defoe (c.1660-1731)


• Mary Chesnut (1823-1886)


• Alice James (1848-1892)


• Douglas Mawson (1882-1958)


• Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)


• Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950)


• Lydia Ginzburg (1902-1990)


• Arthur Koestler (1905-1983)


• Denton Welch (1915-1948)

Sessions:

[The Alphabetic Labyrinth]

1. Lecture / Workshop 1 - Questions of Genre
   
   • Fellow Travellers
   • Exercise 1: Journal-Keeping
   
   
2. Lecture / Workshop 2 - Lady Daibu
   
   • The Tale of the Heike [c.1174-1232]
   • Exercise 2: Get on the Waka
   
   
3. Lecture / Workshop 3 - Daniel Defoe
   
   • The Plague [1665]
   • Exercise 3: Writing a Journal Entry
   
   
4. Lecture / Workshop 4 - Mary Chesnut
   
   • A Diary from Dixie [1861-65]
   • Exercise 4: Content vs. Form
   
   
5. Lecture / Workshop 5 - Alice James
   
   • Alice in Bed [1889-92]
   • Exercise 5: Family Gatherings
   
   
6. Lecture / Workshop 6 - Douglas Mawson
   
   • The Home of the Blizzard [1911-14]
   • Exercise 6: Travelling Hopefully
   
   
7. Lecture / Workshop 7 - Vaslav Nijinsky
   
   • Diary of a Madman [1919]
   • Exercise 7: Seven
   
   
8. Lecture / Workshop 8 - Jean Cocteau
   
   • Diary of a Drug Fiend [1929]
   • Exercise 8: 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
   
   
9. Lecture / Workshop 9 - Arthur Koestler
   
   • Spanish Testament [1937]
   • Exercise 9: Rules & Taboos
   
   
10. Lecture / Workshop 10 - Lydia Ginzburg
    
    • The 900 Days [1941-44]
    • Exercise 10: Writing from Elsewhere
    
    
11. Lecture / Workshop 11 - Denton Welch
    
    • A Voice through a Cloud [1942-48]
    • Exercise 11: Changes
    
    
12. Lecture / Workshop 12 - Prison Notes
    
    • Contemporary Extremities
    • Exercise 12: Tracing the Line of Desire
    
    

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