Simmons University

LTWR229 - 01 - Resist! Political Resistance in Literature and Film

Credits

4.0

Term

Sep 2 - Dec 13

Open Seats

8 of 18

Schedule

Tue, Thu 3:30 – 4:50pm

Course Type

Lecture

Location

In Person

Section

01

Faculty

Farooz Rather

Prerequisites

Description

What does political resistance look like when it takes literary forms? In this course, we will explore how writers, filmmakers, activists, and thinkers have engaged in significant acts of political resistance across the 20th and 21st centuries, but those in positions of authority rarely recognize the superpowers of literary production. Let's change that. In this course, we'll ask how fiction, cinema, poetry, memoir, and song work to oppose tyranny and to create a more just world. We'll put literature into action by making politically relevant zines, pamphlets, playlists, and videos informed by significant theoretical writings from the modern age. Resist!