Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

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CRWR0309A-S24

Decolonizing Creative Writing

Decolonizing Creative Writing
How might creative writing facilitate collective resistance to racial capitalism and transform us into more caring persons? In this course we will learn from reading and writing in solidarity with anti-capitalist and anti-racist literatures. Expect to read and write creative critiques of imperialism, nationalism, genocide, white settler colonialism, heteropatriarchy, social inequality, ecocide, and other injustices, and interrogate and upend the canon. We will expose ourselves to radical literature (in English and in translation), multimedia materials, photographic images, digital platforms, the built environment, legal cases, and more. Authors such as Arundhati Roy, Eduardo Galeano, Wu Ming-Yi, Svetlana Alexievich, Michiko Ishimure, Nuruddin Farah, Fiston Mujila, Pauline Alexis Gumbs, and Therese Hak Kyung Cha will help us to rethink the purpose of literature. (CRWR 170, CRWR 173, or CRWR 175) (REC)
Course Reference Number (CRN):
22614
Subject Code:
CRWR
Course Number:
0309
Section Identifier:
A

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CRWR 0309

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Spring 2024

CRWR0309A-S24 Seminar (Ulmer)