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Multi-Genre Writing
Course Overview
This course offers an introduction to various nonfiction genres (including flash nonfiction, photo-essay, and personal essay) and approaches to writing that destabilize standard academic English (including Indigenous language reclamation, multilingualism, and translingualism). We will read and discuss a range of scholarship in Black, Indigenous, Asian/American, and Latinx/Latine rhetoric, writing, and literacy; ground ourselves in our shared contexts of Atlanta and the larger Southeast; and develop shared practices of land- and place-based writing.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course you will be able to
- Compose texts in multiple genres, using multiple modes with attention to rhetorical situations.
- Practice writing as a process, recursively implementing strategies of research, drafting, revision, editing, and reflection.
- Communicate to learn: use communication as a form of inquiry, invention, and reflection.
- Communicate critically: demonstrate critical awareness of the ethical, rhetorical, and ideological dimensions of communicating within and across communities.
- Develop an understanding of your own literacies and practice engaging them in your composing practices.
Course Information
- Credit:
- Noncredit
- Grading:
- Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
- Categories:
- Writing
Program Information
- Pre-College Program
The Emory Pre-College Program offers students an opportunity to experience many aspects of college life.
Course Dates and Details
| Program | Course Dates | Class Time | Format | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-College Program | Session C: Sun, Jul 12 - Sat, Jul 25, 2026 |
| on-campus | open |