Tuesday, April 12, 2022 from 6-7:30PM
(A monthly, informal discussion where we talk about topics relevant to today’s working author.)
April’s topic: “The Hazards of Narrative Thinking”
Narrative imposes necessary and compelling form on reality, but it can often lead to oversimplification in literature, media, and everyday discourse. Figures are easily slotted into traditional narrative roles, conflicts are simplified and heightened, and emotional responses, rather than being evoked, are provoked as if by a sort of narrative algorithm.
This can overdetermine our writing and our public conversation; it can also limit mutual understanding and the complexities that should reside in the arts and humanities.
Think about narratives in our culture and in your own work and life, and come to discuss them with us on April 12 as we work to expand our idea of what a story can be and how storytellers can help foster a more nuanced, tolerant, and creative discourse in our media, families, and communities.
Moderated by Olympian Creative Director and UNLV media studies professor Greg Blake Miller (OlympianCreative.com)
