IDND023
WRITING:DREAM LOGIC/TRUTH
- Department
- Interdepart/Nondept/Interdis
- Terms offered
- 8
- Data refreshed
- Jun 30, 2026
Description
When you tell a story, do you exaggerate or change details in order to express more clearly the way the situation felt? When you try to describe your dreams do you find yourself saying things like, "it was my house, but it wasn't my house," or "he was a combination of two people,"? In this course, we'll look at dream logic and other oblique and mind-altering strategies writers use to communicate situations where two opposing truths exist at once, or an emotional truth differs from "facts." Texts will feature fever dreams, child narrators, drugs, and other indirect ways writers look at difficult subjects in order to communicate the Truth more directly.
Syllabi
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Offering history & forecast 2022–2026
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Intersession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2030 Fall: 68% chance, low confidence. Offered in every fall term since 2022. Department course count rising about 26% per year. Department faculty is about 50% above its recent average. | 2030 Spring: 45% chance, low confidence. Offered in 3 of 4 spring terms since 2023. Department faculty is about 12% above its recent average. | 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. | 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. |
| 2029 | 2029 Fall: 71% chance, low confidence. Offered in every fall term since 2022. Department course count rising about 23% per year. Department faculty is about 51% above its recent average. | 2029 Spring: 48% chance, low confidence. Offered in 3 of 4 spring terms since 2023. Department faculty is about 12% above its recent average. | 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. | 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2028 | 2028 Fall: 75% chance, low confidence. Offered in every fall term since 2022. Department course count rising about 20% per year. Department faculty is about 52% above its recent average. | 2028 Spring: 41% chance, low confidence. Offered in 3 of 4 spring terms since 2023. Department course count falling about 2% per year. | 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. | 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2027 | 2027 Fall: 78% chance, low confidence. Offered in every fall term since 2022. Department course count rising about 15% per year. Department faculty is about 48% above its recent average. | 2027 Spring: 43% chance, low confidence. Offered in 3 of 4 spring terms since 2023. Department course count falling about 3% per year. | 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. | 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2026 | 1 section | 1 section | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2025 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2024 | 1 section | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2023 | 1 section | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2022 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.
Meeting times
Most recent first- Tue, Thu, 10:25 AM–11:40 AM ATW302 202620262025202420242023
- Mon, Fri, 10:25 AM–11:40 AM Sackler Science Center S311 2022
| Term | Professor | Type | Credits | Enrollment | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | Jane B. Dykema | Lecture | 1 | 20 of 20 enrolled | 21707 |
| Spring 2026 | Jane B. Dykema | Lecture | 1 | 21 of 20 enrolled | 34621 |
| Fall 2025 | Jane B. Dykema | Lecture | 1 | 20 of 20 enrolled | 21707 |
| Fall 2024 | Jane B. Dykema | Lecture | 1 | 20 of 20 enrolled | 21707 |
| Spring 2024 | Jane B. Dykema | Lecture | 1 | 20 of 20 enrolled | 32341 |
| Fall 2023 | Jane B. Dykema | Lecture | 1 | 19 of 20 enrolled | 21707 |
| Spring 2023 | Jane B. Dykema | Lecture | 1 | 20 of 20 enrolled | 32341 |
| Fall 2022 | Jane B. Dykema | Lecture | 1 | 20 of 20 enrolled | 21707 |