Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, surrealist writers, and writers influenced by surrealism, have explored the relationship between death, the uncanny, and the radical imagination. In this class, we'll concentrate on the work of selected authors like Angela Carter, Bob Kaufman, Henri Michaux, Toni Morrison, and Joyce Carol Oates who challenge social conformity by exploring radical visions of mortality and love, the mysterious and the irrational, the body and society. These writers connect the subconscious with the everyday in works that challenge and transform our ideas of voice, image, story, and self. We will read for pleasure, inspiration, and understanding while asking ourselves how we, as writers, can make use of some of these writers' strategies to disrupt our own boundaries and stretch our writing practices.

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