Instructor: Savannah
TH 12:30 PM – 01:50 PM
This is a writing and reading course that explores how creative writing has the power to shape and influence social and political change. This class combines traditional methods of literary and cultural analysis with a balance of creative writing workshops in literary nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, and explores the ways in which creative writers can address pressing social issues. From essays, narrative nonfiction, and investigative journalism to novels and poetry, we will explore how writing can expose injustice and support new ways of thinking about social and political issues. This course combines critical, analytical discussions, creative writing workshops, and service learning with a local literary arts organization or a related organization to give students an integrated, experiential learning opportunity. Students will conduct brief research and use the writing process to explore and critique a current social issue.