Green Room
Sunday 22 Sep 2024, 10:00 - ends at 12:00
Workshop In English
Richard Gwyn: In this workshop we will consider some of the ways in which a writer might engage with myth, memory and the stories absorbed in childhood. We will use the story of Orpheus and Eurydice to explore ideas about the underworld, and what that myth might represent for a contemporary readership. By considering responses from writers such as Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel, we will discuss our own ideas about intentionality, loss, and new beginnings, and the ways in which the study of myth can nourish our own writing.
Yn y gweithdy hwn byddwn yn ystyried sut y gall awdur ymgysylltu â myth, y cof a straeon eu plentyndod. Byddwn yn defnyddio stori Orpheus ac Eurydice i archwilio syniadau am yr isfyd, a beth allai'r myth hwnnw gynrychioli ar gyfer darllenwyr cyfoes. Trwy ystyried ymatebion awduron fel Margaret Atwood a Hilary Mantel, byddwn yn trafod ein syniadau ein hunain am fwriadoldeb, colled, a dechreuadau newydd, a'r ffyrdd y gall astudio myth feithrin ein gwaith ein hunain.
Workshop in English
