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Fall 2020 | WRIT 3381W Section 001: Writing and Modern Cultural Movements (15527)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 24 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how written texts help to shape modern art and cultural movements. Writ 3381 first develops an understanding of the manifesto form by reading primary examples written by artists from such movements as Cubism and Expressionism. Students study the complex written and visual strategies of those texts and how they contributed to social and political change in the modern world. Out of those attempts to change culture, students will be challenged to consider how particular writing strategies developed in the U.S. aimed at bringing about change in 1960s culture in areas such as the women's movement, the move toward racial equality, and the environmental movement. Toward the end of the course, the writings of current movements are taken up as building on and departing from past writing and rhetorical strategies. Students both read about and practice writing strategies studied in the course.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times.
- 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/15527/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2013
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2020 Writing Studies Classes