Writing for Social Change

  United States

• Other Cities in United States: 
Minnesota

Term: Fall 
Dates: Fall Semester

Description: Writing for Social Change is based on the longstanding tradition in Western culture of using literature as a tool for social critique, as a means of calling for social change and justice, and as a tool for social transformation. The course combines traditional methods of literary and cultural analysis with a balance of creative writing workshops in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, and makes use of HECUA's approach to interdisciplinary, reflective critique. The course explores the ways in which creative writers and literature impact communities, and examines the role creative writers and literature play in addressing pressing social issues. Writing for Social Change combines critical, analytical seminars, creative writing workshops, field study, and a professional internship with a Twin Cities literary arts organization or K-12 school in need of reading/writing tutors, to give students an integrated, experiential learning opportunity.

Highlights: Internship options center around themes of the program such as:

* Freedom of expression: finding voice, identity, and power through literature
* Literacy programs in schools
* For-profit and non-profit publishing
* Storytelling / Spoken word
* Censorship
* Theater / Performing Arts

Courses

* Reading for Social Change: Literature in Political, Social, and Historical Contexts
- 1 course credit / 4 credit hours
* Writing for Social Change: A Creative Writing Workshop in Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction
- 1 course credit / 4 credit hours
* Internship Placement and Seminar
- 2 course credits / 8 credit hours

Cost in US$: Please inquire for more information

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to United States Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups