Introduction to Autobiographical Writing
Betrayals of memory
A course by César Tejeda , Storyteller, Editor, and Scriptwriter
About the video: Betrayals of memory
Overview
“Be aware that memory is a whimsical tool, but that its whims, far from hindering autobiographical writing, can serve and inspire. ”
In this video lesson César Tejeda addresses the topic: Betrayals of memory, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Autobiographical Writing. Learn to reconstruct your memories using narrative tools and create autobiographical stories.
Partial transcription of the video
“Betrayals of memory We will start with Unit 3, which is oriented towards the practical tools of autobiographical writing. We will start with a topic that I find the most exciting and the most interesting of this writing which, as you can imagine, is nothing more and less than memory. How are memory phenomena created around autobiographical writing? We will say in a very general way that one of the things that is commented on memory or autobiographical writing It is what I call the critical edge. He insists that texts that are based on our memories they do not resort to imagination. What do ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Autobiographical Writing
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Creativity, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
César Tejeda
A course by César Tejeda
César Tejeda is a storyteller, editor, and scriptwriter from Mexico City. Over the course of his career, he has written two novels–Épica de bolsillo para un joven de clase media (Planeta, 2012) and Mi abuelo y el dictador (Caballo de Troya, 2017)–as well as a collection of essays titled La compulsión autobiográfica (Alacraña, 2021, undergoing editing).
As a scriptwriter, he has collaborated with Canal 11 and Canal 22, from Mexican cultural television, and written for documentaries and feature-length fiction films. As an editor, he has worked with Penguin Random House, the UNAM Literature Department, and the magazines Este País and Los Suicidas, where he also served as director. He is currently the editor at Ediciones Antílope as well as one of its founding members. On top of it all, César shares his knowledge as a teacher at different schools and academies.
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