anger and outbursts of anger

open online class; all types of texts possible
26 september until 24 october 2024
free participation (join anytime)

class digital anger and outbursts of anger

/ angela lehner (aut/ger)

please note: the class starts online on 26 september (link will be activated then); if needed, just register for an sfd account on the class page from 26 sept.

anger and outbursts of anger

online class with writer angela lehner (berlin)

is it the plastic bag that refuses to be pulled apart at the fruit and veg shelf? the rashly judgemental art criticism of your own masterpiece? or simply the idiot standing in front of you on the escalator on the left?

what makes your protagonists snap? and what actually distinguishes a literary outburst of rage from a real one? what role does the narrative perspective play? where do signal words have to be used in a targeted way, and at what point do they have to be reduced? how do you increase the tension in the text, what wording causes the mood to change and the rage to ‘erupt’?
and: what challenges arise in the field of tension between technical manneredness vs. narrative impulsiveness? how do you let the literary ego rant seemingly uncontrollably while retaining control over the text as the writer?

the exercise:
deal with anger and outbursts of anger in a text or other media work. which (literary) descriptions of anger do you find particularly interesting? how are these works made? try to increase the anger in your contribution in a similar way.

form: all types of text: prose, poetry, monologue, dialogue, song lyrics, anger speech, mixed forms etc., and also comics
languages: german, english, dialect, mixed forms

wanted: short texts (max. 1500 characters) OR comic (max. 2 pages/pdf)

media list:
pay particular attention to narrative perspective and form in the examples. for example, how is anger described if the narrative voice is not also the angry person? in which actions and formulations can anger manifest itself without it erupting or being articulated? how does the medium (text, video, picture story,...) determine the way in which feelings can be shown at all?

angela lehner

born in 1987 in klagenfurt, grew up in east tyrol and lives in berlin. she studied comparative literature in vienna, maynooth and erlangen. her novel vater unser was awarded the franz tumler literature prize, the alpha literature prize, the austrian book prize for best debut 2019 and the rauris literature prize 2020 and was longlisted for the german book prize. in 2023 angela lehner received the cultural promotion prize of the state of carinthia.
current novel: 2001 (hanser 2021)
http://angela-lehner.de