This course offers an introduction to the techniques of literary fiction through a close reading of great masters of short stories, both classic and contemporary. It is a safe space for personal and group expression, a practical laboratory for identifying the elements that give strength to a text — structure, rhythm, voice, narrative economy — and testing them out on paper (or on the computer). The aim is for participants to develop observation, mental availability and critical thinking, while also recognizing their own literary voice.
Thinking about Writing
Mariano Tomasovic Ribeiro
SCHEDULE
May 5 to June 16, 2025
Monday
19:00-21:00
DURATION
12 hours | 6 sessions
LOCAL
School of Arts – Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (Campo de Ourique)
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Main topics
Creative writing;
Fiction;
Literature.
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Bibliography
Texts by Ernest Hemingway, Anton Chekhov, Julio Cortázar, Clarice Lispector, Jhumpa Lahiri, Lydia Davis, Raymond Carver, Guy de Maupassant, Alexandre Andrade, Valério Romão, Natalia Ginzburg, Anne Carson (Material provided by the trainer).
FEES
125,00 €
Payment conditions
Payment can be made in full upon registration.
ACCESS CONDITIONS
No access conditions.
REGISTRATIONS
Number of vacancies: 15
The course will only take place with a minimum number of registered students.
Mariano Tomasovic Ribeiro
Mariano Tomasovic Ribeiro is editor of the literary magazine Royal Lemon Tree. He translates from Spanish and writes. He has published fiction and chronicles in several newspapers and anthologies in Portugal, Spain and Latin America. He has published poetry with the publishers Douda Correria and Mariposa Azual and has translated names such as Luis Cernuda, Osvaldo Lamborghini and Juana Inés de la Cruz. In 2018 he was one of the winners of the Fnac New Talents award and, in 2019, he was selected to be part of the IPDJ National Exhibition of Young Creators. Bartlebyana (Dead Language, 2020) is his first book of short stories.