EN 1220 - Storytelling

The cornerstone of the revised English curricula, this course will explore the function and skill of storytelling. Students will consider the connection between narratives and belief, acceptance of information, and how we assess “truth.” Story, in this class, will mean anything from how we report the news, to how we understand climate change, to how Shakespeare crafted Macbeth. Texts in this course include Roland Barthes’s “Mythologies and The Science of Storytelling” by Will Storr.