Fall 2018  |  WRIT 3381W Section 001: Writing and Modern Cultural Movements (19303)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Appleby Hall 319
Enrollment Status:
Closed (24 of 24 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
How written texts contribute to movements in art and culture. How such texts are written with particular audiences, purposes, styles, and forms. Readings, lectures, discussions, analysis of texts.
Class Description:
This course addresses writing that aims to bring about change in culture or society. Early readings and discussion focus on the manifesto, a form employed by Marx, obviously, but also by many modernists involved in artistic movements. We read manifestos by these artists, and then shift to more recent movements of the 1960's and 1970's. Various documents that were important to movments for racial and gender equality, among others, are read as updates on the manifesto form. The later part of the course moves to examine current movements and their written texts. Writing and rhetorical strategies are emphasized throughout the course.
Grading:
20% Midterm Exam
50% Reports/Papers
30% Special Projects
Class Format:
20% Lecture
50% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
Workload:
1 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: In recent versions of this course, students were asked to create a digital manifesto as part of a group.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19303/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
24 October 2013

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