Questioning the Narrative, Writing in Response

Course program:

In the course we will participate in class workshops to discuss and gain feedback on our writing. During class time we will work small group projects and complete individual writing exercises. As we work towards writing our Reflective and Narrative pieces. By the end of this course we can expect to gain abilities that will allow us to better
1. Form careful, well-researched, well-observed, critiques of narrative in varied creative forms (essays, opinion pieces, auto-fiction, poetry, journalism, memes, games, art and music)
2. Develop an investigative approach in understanding and responding to media rhetoric, and dominant narratives (context, credibility, construction, corroboration)
3. Identify effective writing and articulate what makes it effective
4. Identify areas to improve in our own writing
5. Understand and apply literary terminology in writing creative nonfiction (e.g., Reflective and Narrative essays)
6. Understand the workshop etiquette necessary for fruitful discussion on our writing
7. Gain conversational tools we can apply outside the classroom
8. Analyse the connections between formal and stylistic choices and authorial intention and vision
9. Articulate a work’s effects on an audience
10. Gain greater understanding of the impact of our work on others
11. Consider the relationship between a given/potential audiences and ourselves (the artist/writer as an
individual) and the relationship between an audience and ourselves