This subject will explore creative writing as protest, provocation and subversion.
It will draw from a wide range of fiction, non-fiction, speeches, poetry, performance writing and archives, to encounter key writers who write creatively for social change. It will explore the traditions and social contexts of their work, the ways in which it has been read, performed or preserved, and its impacts.
This is a practical as well as a theoretical subject, taught by practitioners, involving writing and reading activities, and peer feedback on different forms of creative work. It will provide you with the strategies and techniques to strengthen and focus your creative writing.