This course leads students to learn and practice "formal writing" (as defined in Course Objective) in creative ways in order to not only cultivate the ability to navigate within the form but also expand the capacity of such a form of writing.

In this semester, we have four projects:
1. An Application Letter to the Baron on the Tree
Writing a formal letter with a clear function to a fictional character with an official position, we practice the appropriate register, the effective presentation of information, and the art of persuasion.

2. A Culinary Translation of a Quote
Translating a quote from a literary critique into a culinary analysis, we explore what we can perceive in a quote (the author, the argument, and the context) and experiment with the metaphorical capacity of thinking.

3. A Literary Manifesto of a Nonhuman Creature
Composing a literary manifesto from a nonhuman perspective, we enjoy the critical creativity of questioning and groundbreaking powers of an argument.

4. An Encyclopedia Entry of a Monster
Creating a monster out of our own problematics, we investigate the depths and shapes of our creations through negotiating with different registers of writing.

(Upcoming) the four projects of the second semester:
1. The Description of a Psychic Apparatus
Visualising our individual psychic structures in apparatuses, we not only creatively reflect on our thought processes but also practice the description of theoretical models and exemplificayion of various instances.

2. A Catalogue of Ghosts (plus touristic agenda for them, plus sorting hats into a school)
Classifying the existing ghosts in our lives, we critically and intuitively think about how to witness and systemize the haunting presences and how to let writing be a critical and colorful containment of the darkness.

3. The Guide to A City of Paradox (genesis myth, touristic post)
Composing a guide to a city built out of a paradoxical problem, we construct multiple perspectives in different registers to imagine a world and a community that embody a way of thinking.

4. The Intepretations of a Pandemic (Public health report, individual experiences )
Translating the cause and effects of a problem into a prevelant disease, we think about our encounter with the unexpected and the emergence of the repressed. We investigate the uncontrollable through the powers of different registers.