Writing & Empowerment

Catalog description

In this course students will explore how writing can be used as a tool, a method, and a means of empowerment. They will consider how the ability to tell one's story can be empowering and what the risks of telling that story are. They will also consider what an author might choose to leave out of the telling of a particular tale. Finally, students will research stories of empowerment and write their own stories of empowerment. Each student will complete two projects in different genres including fiction, nonfiction, pedagogy, poetry, and academic prose.