Attention writer and wannabe writer friends: (I dont know more details, email them) - fiction workshops this week & next: The Shaindy Rudoff Graduate Program in Creative Writing invites you to participate in one or more of our 3 full-day seminars (March 20, 23 & 24) – a fantastic opportunity to attend workshops taught in English by award-winning Israeli novelists Matan Hermoni and Assaf Gavron. * * * The Narrator - workshop by Matan Hermoni One of the most overlooked yet crucial aspects of prose fiction writing is the presence of the narrator. Often looked upon as a neutral entity, the narrator could, or perhaps should, be a carefully crafted protagonist with diverse and playful characteristics. In this one-day seminar, we will try to create such literary personas; narrators that may appear in our prose fiction works. Thursday, March 20: * The narrator – introduction * Reading of fictional narrators – Sholem Aleychem, Bashevis-Singer, Vladimir Nabokov, Toni Morrison. * The Masquerade of Yiddish literature * A prose fiction Purim Shpil – Exercise and discussion Matan Hermoni is an author, editor, scholar and translator. His novel Hebrew Publishing Company (2011) was highly acclaimed; winning the Bernstein award and a finalist for the Sapir Prize (it is currently being translated into English). His second novel “Arba Aratzot” is out in April. He has also edited a collection of translations of short stories and novellas from Yiddish in 2012. He has lectured extensively in the US and Israel, and has experience teaching creative writing, Hebrew and Yiddish Literature at a variety of places, including Ben-Gurion University, Tel-Aviv University, the Open University and Achva College. * * * Characters & Dialogue - workshops by Assaf Gavron Many elements come together to make great fiction, but characters and dialogue are arguably among the most important vehicles for providing the energy to drive it forwards. This two-day seminar by fiction writer and translator Assaf Gavron will delve deep into these two elements of fiction, examining the way they are used to great effect – or not so well; practicing through exercises how to harness them to lift and drive your fiction; and examining your prose through feedback and discussion. Each seminar day operates independently. Sunday, March 23: Characters * Reading great characters (Alice Munro, Jonathan Franzen). * Creating and getting to know your characters (exercise and discussion). * Writing your characters into scenes (exercise and discussion). * Understanding characters. Monday, March 24: Dialogue * Reading great dialogue (Yasmina Reza, J.D. Salinger). * Dialogue in play/script Vs. dialogue in prose Vs. dialogue in real life. * Writing dialogue – Rhythm, economy, humor, meaning (exercises and discussion). * Incorporating dialogue into prose. Assaf Gavron is an Israeli writer and translator. He is the author of five novels (Ice, Moving, Almost Dead, Hydromania and The Hilltop), a short story collection, and a collection of falafel reviews. His fiction has been translated into many languages, adapted for the stage and screen, and awarded prizes, including the Bernstein Prize, the Israeli Prime Ministers Creative Award for Authors, Buch fuer die Stadt (Germany) and the Prix Courrier International (France). Gavron is responsible for the highly-regarded, English-to-Hebrew translations of J.D. Salinger’s Nine Stories, Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint and Jonathan Safran Foer’s novels. His latest novel, The Hilltop, was published in Israel and Germany in 2013, and is currently being translated in English. He was the 2013-14 visiting fiction instructor at the Shaindy Rudoff Graduate Program in Creative Writing, Bar-Ilan University and teaches at the Sam Spiegel Film & Television School. Where: Yemin Moshe, Jerusalem When: 9.30 AM prompt (doors open at 9 AM) - 4 PM (with a 1.5-hour break for lunch) Cost: Email today at barilanwriting@gmail to find out about discounts and reserve your place.
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