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Class number:
3213
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Title: Language, Literacy, Lives |
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Department: Writing and Rhetoric |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: Yes |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 0.50 |
| Enrollment limited to 15 |
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Current enrollment: 11 |
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Available seats: 4 |
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Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MR: 6:30PM-8:00PM, TBA |
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Instructor(s): Frymire, Erin |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
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Note: Open only to students in the Trinity Prison Education Project/Hartford Correctional Center |
Course Description:
This course is open only to students in the Trinity Prison Education Project/Hartford Correctional Center.
In her 1993 Nobel lecture, Toni Morrison stated: "we do language. That may be the measure of our lives." Language is fundamental to our lives and what it means to be human. We use language in innumerable ways, yet we are often unaware of how the words in our conversations, text messages, and grocery lists carry deep and complex political, cultural, and geographical history. Language has long been a powerful tool for constructing populations and individuals. In this course, we will explore how language shapes our lives and experiences. We will examine scholarly research in literacy studies and language policy, and we will interrogate our own experiences with language In a series of writing assignments, students will consider these topics and develop their writing skills. |