记忆的边缘：温特森和伍尔夫 ｜ 三明治 × Nazli英文写作工作坊

真实的生活经历是创作的起点，我们写作，其实就是对记忆的提取、加工、反复利用。

那些深植于脑海的回忆，只有通过叙事才能将心灵意识活动变为可以共享的生命经验，成为经久不衰的文学作品。

从记忆的边缘抵达文学，需要长期的探索、学习和不断书写。

在三明治开设过多期英文写作工作坊的土耳其作家Nazli即将回归，带来一个全新的工作坊——“记忆的边缘：温特森和伍尔夫”。这个为期四周的工作坊课程将特别关注记忆，通过两位作家的回忆录作品去了解记忆是如何变成文字作品的，我们应该如何书写记忆故事。

我们会在Nazli的指导下一起阅读和探讨珍妮特·温特森的《橘子不是唯一的水果》以及回忆录《我要快乐，不必正常》、弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的《存在的瞬间》等篇目。温特森以小说的形式写下了她的故事，而伍尔夫的文章里分享了许多关于写作的艺术和技巧。我们将利用这些作品来拓宽我们的视野，变得更有创造力。最终，学员们将完成一篇属于自己的英文回忆录（1000-5000字）。

也一起去探索更多关于记忆的问题，比如：

• 记忆如何影响我们对城市的理解？

• 记忆如何影响自我构建？

• 记忆如何影响我们的人际关系、爱与欲望？

我们在什么时候应该写回忆录？为什么要写回忆录？Nazli说：当一个人想要找到生命中已经存在的意义时，就应该写回忆录。

写回忆录有很多挑战。我们将学习如何把自己变成叙事角色，如何从生活中挑选细节来构建叙事，以及如何在过去和现在之间切换，以使用多种视角和深度思考来丰富我们的写作。每周我们将做写作练习，帮助你完成作品的一部分，打捞起旧日的记忆，并用学习到的叙述方式来讲述它们。

希望你离开课堂时，能获得更多关于记忆和回忆录、关于写作，以及最终，关于自己的认识。

记忆的边缘 工作坊亮点

完成属于你的英文写作作品

学员将完成一篇英文虚构或非虚构作品的初稿（约15页/1000-5000字之间），在规定截稿日期前提交后，导师Nazli会针对每位学员的作品，进行一对一书面反馈、点评；

15-20人小班在线授课

每周一次线上视频课程，导师在线授课、交流；

英文原著文本带领精读

每次课程前一周，导师Nazli将精选相关作家英文原著文本，提供阅读材料和思考问题，引导你以更多元的视角提前进入阅读与思考，为自己的写作提供养料；

课后写作练习

每周课程结束后，导师将根据当天内容布置写作任务，打开你的写作思路，通过写作实践巩固你从课程内容中得到的灵感和启发；

一对一语音交流指导

课程最后一周，提交作品后，你可以和导师预约一对一语音交流指导时间，讨论你的作品、修改、建议等；

优秀作品发表机会

优秀作品有机会在国外网站或三明治的平台上发表。

我们将在课程中阅读以下书籍的选段

（文本由老师提供）

• Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

• Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

• Virginia Woolf, Granite and Rainbow

• Virginia Woolf, Moments of Being

• Virginia Woolf, Street Haunting and Other Essays

• Virginia Woolf, The Death of the Moth

• Danell Jones, The Virginia Woolf Writers’ Workshop

工作坊安排 Schedule

Week 1

Introduction to the course; How can one use memory in writing?

Beginnings Class  objective: 

We will learn how to find the beginnings of our stories/memoirs, select primary and side themes that support one another in a piece  of writing, and prioritize what is important to the story/memoir vs. what is important to us.

Required reading:

Jeanette Winterson - Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Ch 1 The Wrong CribVirginia Woolf - Moments of Being, Chapter 1

Voluntary reading:

Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Chapter 1 Genesis
Virginia Woolf - Moments of Being, Chapter 2

Writing Exercise:

Sparks for Beginnings from The Virginia Woolf Writers’ Workshop by Danell Jones

Week 2: 

The city; Setting description; Geographical influences—personal, cultural, historical

Class  objective:

We will learn the function of the setting and learn to use it to strengthen our narrative. Setting affects people and their behaviors, setting descriptions can be written in ways that indicate the emotional condition of the characters and the narrative. Our setting surrounds us, but we only need certain details of it in our writing. We will learn how to receive and select the essential details.

Required reading:

Jeanette Winterson - Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Ch 2 My Advice To Anybody Is Get BornVirginia Woolf - “Life and the Novelist”

Voluntary reading:

Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Chapter 5 Deuteronomy Virginia Woolf - “Street Haunting”

Writing Exercise:

Sparks for Setting from The Virginia Woolf Writers’ Workshop by Danell Jones

Week 3: 

Desires and Dreams vs. Mothers and Fathers   

Class  objective: 

We will learn how to observe the family from within and from a distance, present family members with honesty but without accusations, and see the connections between our challenges and the pursuit of our dreams.

Required reading:

Jeanette Winterson - Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Ch 4 The Trouble With A Book ...
Virginia Woolf - Moments of Being, Chapter 8

Voluntary reading:

Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Chapter 8 Ruth Part 1
Virginia Woolf - “Professions for Women”

Writing Exercise: 

Sparks for Dialogue from The Virginia Woolf Writers’ Workshop by Danell Jones

Week 4: 

Bringing together memory and reflection; Types of ending; Types of writers

Class objective: 

We will learn to separate our past and present perspectives, as we are no longer the people we were in the past. The past perspective will help us recreate and describe our memories most vividly, and the present perspective will help us add meaningful reflection if and when it is needed. Our lives continue, but the memoir has to end. In this class, we’ll learn about how to end our memoirs in a way that’s in tune with the rest of the piece.

Required reading:

Jeanette Winterson - Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Ch 11 Art and Lies Virginia Woolf - Moments of Being, Chapter 10

Voluntary reading:

Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Chapter 8 Ruth Part 2
Virginia Woolf - “The Leaning Tower”

Writing Exercise: 

Sparks for Character from The Virginia Woolf Writers’ Workshop by Danell Jones

Receiving Feedback and 

starting revisions：

Throughout the fourth and fifth weeks, I will be uploading one or two pieces per day with my corrections, comments, and suggestions for the piece to reach its full potential. I recommend you to read your classmates’ pieces and my comments so that you can learn how to be a good editor. (Remember, a writer is always his or her  first editor!)  When your own piece is uploaded with comments and suggestions, make note of what you agree and disagree with and  start thinking about your revision. We’ll  then set up a one-on-one to talk about your piece. Bring your notes and questions to our one-on-one so that I can give you precisely the advice you need!

Guidelines:

I will encourage and expect personal interpretations from all of you, which means you will have to trust yourself and give up the temptation to support your ideas with secondary sources. Just as importantly, you will listen to and work with other interpretations that may be very different from yours with maturity and respect. In my classes, all interpretations, comments, questions, and mindful musings are valid and encouraged as long as they are respectful and honest, and do not attack a person, race, or sexual orientation. We want to learn how to interpret texts in intellectual and creative ways even when the approaches may be much different than our own. I hope that the texts I provide and our reading discussions will help create the personal foundations of literary taste in each of you. When you learn to recognize good literature, you come that much closer to creating it.

Office hours:

I am always here to talk! I will be available on Wednesdays and/or any other day that might work better for you. Remember to make an appointment, and we’ll take it from there. You may use office hours to ask questions about my comments and suggestions for your writing, to ask and share questions and observations about the readings, and much more. It’s my pleasure to continue our conversation outside the virtual classroom.

导 师 介 绍

Nazli，土耳其作家，美国爱荷华大学非虚构写作项目MFA硕士毕业，曾在中国中山大学本科两年的教学经历，教授莎士比亚戏剧课、英语写作课。本科在美国Gettysburg College主修英语与创意写作，毕业后前往法国进修艺术史和油画。曾翻译出版了三部青少年作品，并志愿参与 The Iowa Review的工作。

以自由职业的身份，一边开设线上写作与阅读工作坊，一边写作。过去四年中，她开设了线上的虚构和非虚构写作课程，主题涵盖爱伦坡、博尔赫斯、契诃夫、伍尔夫，以及爱尔兰作家、五感写作、外语写作、当代短篇小说和记忆等。在写作工作坊中，她指导了超过500篇学生作品。Wechat Platform：waysofblackink。

阅读三明治过去对Nazli的采访：土耳其、美国、中国……一个国际作家的“流浪”与学习

工作坊时间

4.27 - 5.18

每周六晚上8点Zoom在线授课

约90分钟（有录屏）

工作坊招募人数

10人开班，最多不超过20人

满员后将提前截止报名

工作坊授课语言

工作坊授课语言为英文，创作语言也为英文，可以用先中文创作，翻译为英文。有基本英文听说读写能力即可。

工作坊报名

点击下方小程序，加入工作坊

注意事项

1、课程资料请勿外传。如发现私自共享，将即刻取消课程资格；

2、课程正式开始后，恕不退费。如在课程开始前退出，需扣除全款的 20% 作为手续费。

往期英文创意写作Workshop作品回顾

  Open Class  

在正式上课之前，Nazli老师还有两堂Open Class的机会提供给大家，可以作为体验课参与。如有兴趣，可以关注公众号：waysofblackink，获得相关信息。

Open Class on March 27, Wednesday at 8 PM

Writing Talks on April 10, Wednesday at 8 PM

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