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Delve Seminar: Escape from the Dollhouse

September 1, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

$220
View Venue Website, 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR 97205 + Google Map

This Delve will examine stories from different literary genres and periods that all uniquely address the topic of personal freedom in conflict with societal pressures and control over the individual. Our texts will include Margaret Atwood’s much anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s TaleThe Testaments, Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and a selection of poems by various authors. Registration for this Delve includes a ticket to Margaret Atwood in Conversation with Omar El Akkad on September 25th at Keller Auditorium. 

Primary Texts:
Margaret Atwood, The Testaments. (Participants should pre-order the new Atwood book if possible to ensure they receive it in time for class readings.)
Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House
Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

First Assignment:
Read Act 1 and 2 of A Doll’s House
Participants are also encouraged to read or refresh their memories of The Handmaid’s Tale prior to this Delve.

SEMINAR GUIDE:

Coleman Stevenson is an illustrator, writer, tarot practitioner. She is the artist behind the Dark Exact Tarot Deck and author of two poetry books, Breakfast: 43 Poems and The Accidental Rarefication of Pattern #5609. She is co-curator of The Doppelgänger Museum, a multimedia collaboration with artist and sound designer Aspen Farer. She has taught a variety of subjects at institutions around Portland, including creative writing, literature, folklore, culture & design, and image & text interaction.

September 1, 2019 – October 13, 2019 (no meetings September 22)
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Guide: Coleman Stevenson Tuition: $220
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Venue

925 SW Washington Street
Portland, OR 97205
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Phone
503-227-2583
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Organizer

Phone:
503-227-2583
Email:
la@literary-arts.org
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