CHID 320 A: Seminar in Public Writing: Writing for Good

MAKING THE IN HUMAN - A PUBLIC WRITING SEMINAR (AH, W) ___ WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN? HOW ARE CERTAIN HUMANS MADE INTO MONSTERS? THIS PUBLIC WRITING SEMINAR INVITES STUDENTS TO EXPLORE HOW IDEAS OF THE HUMAN ARE MADE IN RELATION TO CONCEPTS OF INHUMANITY, ANIMALITY, AND MONSTROSITY, AND HOW THESE CONCEPTS HAVE OPERATED WITHIN AND AGAINST FORMS OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL POWER. STUDENTS WILL GAIN EXPERIENCE IN WRITING AND EDITING ACROSS MULTIPLE GENRES AND PUBLICS THROUGH PEER TO PEER WRITING WORKSHOPS. WE WILL PAIR READINGS OF CRITICAL THEORY WITH WRITING ASSIGNMENTS LIKE SCIFI & HORROR FILM, LITERATURE, AND VIDEOGAME ANALYSIS, OPEDS, WRITING ON CURRENT EVENTS, AND MORE.