New English Course ENG104H5F - Literature and Social Change

 
ATTENTION ALL ENGLISH STUDENTS -
Please see below for info regarding an exciting new course with Professor Julia Boyd!

How can writing change the world?
Find out in the NEW course - ENG104H5F: Literature and Social Change
 
Poster for ENG104H5F
Join us in Fall 2024 for a NEW course introducing you to social change literatures from around the world. We’ll explore how writing and narrative contribute to some major social and environmental movements from the nineteenth century to the present. We’ll also study social change literatures with an eye to developing your own writing skills, including a major independent project on a course-inspired topic of your choice, and opportunities to practice editing and publishing through our “Literature and Social Change”-themed special issue of English & Drama’s student journal.
 
Course Highlights:
  • Study social change literatures across continents, movements, and time periods, from a nineteenth-century abolitionist bestseller to climate justice video poems.
  • Learn to analyze advocacy literatures in many genres, including memoirs, essays, speeches, comic, poetry, film, and primary documents.
  • Practice your own socially engaged writing skills through your major independent project.
  • Gain editing and publishing experience through our class-edited journal special issue.  
     

You are also welcome to contact the course instructor Julia Boyd with any questions, or to request the syllabus: ja.boyd@mail.utoronto.ca

For general information about English & Drama courses and scheduling, email Undergraduate Advisor Megan Janssen at megan.janssen@utoronto.ca

We look forward to seeing you in class this Fall!