Inquiry Three: "Creative Application"
For this inquiry, you will be working on a satire of your own. That is, you will write a creative piece in the genre we've been loosely studying.You can be a creator of creative texts in the same way that the authors of our assigned texts are. Those youtube videos we've been watching are often created by people just like you.
Inquiry Three: Satire
You can work in partners or alone.
The goal of this assignment is two-fold:
You’ll be working on writing for an audience outside of your current academic setting.
And you’ll be grappling with problems relevant to your own context. For example, I probably wouldn’t set out to write a satire of gambling addiction because it’s not so interesting to me as it is. So, I suspect that the research I would have to do in order to figure out a position on it would not be interesting either. Plus, most importantly, I don’t come into contact with gambling addiction, and therefore, I feel unprepared to write about it.
Pick a topic or idea or theme that you’re comfortable with but make sure to consider what kind of authority you have as author. What is your stake in the matter? And how does it affect what you will write.
Loose guidelines:
Has to be a piece of creative writing (essay, short story, play, dialogue, a series of poems).
5-7 pages if you're working alone.
8-10 pages if you're working with a partner.
A one page reflection that details some of your creative choices and explains how your piece works within the genre of satire.
This assignment will rely on structured in-class writing activities and a number of informal “workshops.” Half of your grade will be calculated based on your participation in these workshops.
100 points for participation/drafting
100 points for finished satire
If you’re working in pairs, you will both receive the same finished satire grade, but your participation grades may be different.
First Draft Due: April 4th, 2013 (Peer Review Workshop Groups)
Final Draft Due: April 16th, 2013
