Life stories from another time: bringing biographical texts to life

In this course, we want to engage in a writing process dedicated to biographical storytelling. The focus is less on our own life story and more on vividly remembering, recounting and writing down the biographies of our fellow human beings, people close to us - family members or friends, for example - but also the biographical approach to people who are foreign or distant to us and their time. Thought-provoking suggestions in the form of creative writing exercises, impulses for research and the question of why a careful and respectful approach is so important help us to develop our own feeling for biographical texts and their embedding in history. A writing workshop for all those who are looking for a railing on the broad terrain of biographical writing in order to be able to trace the lifetime of their ancestors or fellow human beings through writing.

Course number: 242202433