Thursday, October 10, 2013

Brush up on your Shakespeare quotes now… at CLL!


Explore CLL’s Literature and Writing Classes


Go beyond …

“Double, double toil and trouble;" 


and explore the rest of Macbeth in …


Begins Monday, October 28th
4:00-6:00 p.m., 6 sessions
Class cost: $60

Shakespeare 






Through close reading and open discussion of Macbeth, pursue the meaning of and questions arising from the lines. Discuss plot, character, theme, point of view, and setting. Analyze the effect of words, ambiguity, irony, paradox, images, metaphors, patterns, and cadences in each work, and explore the effect on the reader of the Bard’s portrayal of culture and values.

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Then, jump forward 400 years, and explore the writings of your contemporaries in … 

Begins Friday, November 1st
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., 6 sessions
Class cost: $60


Modern and Classic Short Stories


Pursue a close reading of texts paying sustained attention to the characters, plot, style, images, metaphors, patterns, and themes that carry the story forward. During each session we read one story aloud, stopping to discuss its impact and development paragraph by paragraph. We engage in an interpretive immersion that transforms attention into deeper thought and comprehension.

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Now that you’re inspired, get to writing in…


Begins, October 31
5:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m., 6 sessions
Class Cost: $60


Basic Fiction

Tighten your plot; sharpen your characters; developing voice in fiction: formatting your manuscript; writing the synopsis and query letter; how agents, editors and publishers work; contracts for books and film options; and overview of fiction market. 

Register HERE





You can still enroll in classes and workshops starting throughout the fall term. Stretch your mind and body and try something new in Arts, Crafts, Performance; Body, Mind, Spirit; Business, Finance, Work; Events, Film, Words; and Home, Nature, Technical.

Search HERE for classes starting and ending throughout the Fall term!

Or browse the CLL website: http://sbcc.edu/CLL


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