SF-1179 Writing Stories of Self in Society
Every story of an individual is also the story of the place, the group, the larger intersection of identities somehow connected to that person. In this class, well examine ways in which nonfictional stories use individuals to represent the larger social categories to which they belong; how we use part of something to stand in for the bigger thing. Well consider the difference between telling ones own story, and having another tell it about you, including efforts at divisive propaganda in writing, image, and multimodal texts. Well consider single-author texts as well as more collaborative efforts, like hashtag campaigns on social media. After weve studied the rhetoric others use, students will write their own first-person stories, situating their individual selves within some larger social context. As part of this, students will each design and launch their own hashtag campaign to crowdsource other stories and images to put them in conversation with their own.
Prerequisite
Student has satisfied all of the following Academic Unit (Computed) in the selection list Advertising Public Relations and Social Media, Art and Design, Biology, Biology and Radiation Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Communication Journalism and Media, Economics, English, Environmental Science and Studies, History Language and Global Culture, INTO College of Arts and Sciences, Math and Computer Science, Medical Dosimetry, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science and Legal Studies, Psychology, Radiation Sciences, Sociology and Criminal Justice ... And Student has satisfied all of the following Latest Class Standing in the selection list Freshman