| Course Title: Topics in Creative Writing: 'Climate Changes Everything: Telling Stories at the End of the World As We Know It' |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| Description: In this moment of climate emergency, how and why do we make meaning? What possibilities might various textual practices offer for engaging with, and positioning ourselves in relationship to, the unfathomable? If we are telling stories in the face of a radically uncertain future, who is our audience? Together, we will find ways of telling stories that help us relate to this moment, and, crucially, to each other. This is a creative writing course. Expect to encounter and create texts in many possible forms, including climate fiction, agitprop, documentary poetry, lyric essay, interactive narrative, and more. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Andrea Lawlor | alawlor@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Performance | Monday and Wednesday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 318 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ENGL-201. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| NXJRN0001 | NXJRN: Nexus in Journalism, Media, and Public Discourse | This course is approved for the Journalism, Media, & Public Discourse Nexus track. |
| ENVST-HUM | ENVST-HUM: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Humanities | This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Humanities area. |
| ENGL0003 | ENGL-TM: Theory and Methods | This course has been approved to count towards the English major's Theory and Methods |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 15 | Enrollment: 14 | Available: 1 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Open Throat Author: Hoke, Henry Copyright: 2023 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780374609870 Publisher: MCD/FSG |
Required | 25.00 |
| Title: Undrowned Author: Gumbs, Alexis Pauline Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781849353977 Publisher: AK Press |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: The Future is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs Author: Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi Copyright: 2022 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781551528915 Publisher: Arsenal Pulp |
Required | 19.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |