Want to change the world? Follow the classes in this path to see how others have tried to use writing to support social movements, critique their societies, and bring about change.
If you want to follow this path, look for these courses next semester:
ENLS 393.01 Theatre & Black Power TR 2:30-3:50pm Meenakshi Ponnuswami
What role do the arts play in the fight against injustice? Can theatre change the hearts and minds of people in power? Can it help people who have no power organize themselves into a force for change? Many such questions confronted idealistic young African Americans in the 1950s and 60s, a period of fiery political and social movement and immense creativity. Focusing on the theatre and performance arts of the era, as well as music, pop culture, and comedy, our course will introduce students to the history and politics of the Black Power movement. We will study the major events of the period, focusing on key players, concepts, and strategies, including Malcolm X, debates concerning non-violent resistance, the Black Panthers, and the Black Arts Movement. By exploring this history, we will examine how profound social and political change can begin to take shape. ARHC RPI
Other courses recently offered or expected to be offered in this path include
- Public Writing for Media (ENLS 103)
- Law and Literature (ENLS 120)
- Fiction and Reproductive Justice (ENLS 213)
- Terror with a Human Face (ENLS 245)
- Black Lives, 1500-1800 (ENLS 261)
- Environmentalism and Its Discontents (ENLS 272)
- World Literature and Environmental Justice (ENLS 278)
- Literature and Human Rights (ENLS 279)
- Radicals and Renegades (ENLS 280)
- Introduction to South African Literature (ENLS 290)
- James Baldwin (ENLS 302)
- Banned Books and Latinx Literature (ENLS 311)
- Latinx Theatre (ENLS 311)
- Revolutions in Caribbean Literature (ENLS 327)
- Interpretation in Law and Literature (ENLS 397)
- Alternative Futures (UNIV 200)