New York: Narrative and Power is an English 201 (Interdisciplinary Composition) course taught at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. This blog is to serve as an intermittently updated source of further reading, and a forum for further discourse on the topic as stated here:
New York is currently the hub of academic and creative expression, where provocative, controversial, and innovative ideas and movements often pour out into the streets before they are even heard of in the rest of the world. Its rich history of cultural leadership makes it a Petri dish for the incubation of progressive concepts and ideals.
With New York as the theme of this interdisciplinary writing and English course, we will use the city as our point of departure in sampling a wide variety of texts, film, and art that all originated in New York.
We will respond to such things by writing, researching, and presenting topics for discussion and reflection on our journey through this range of subjects.
All are welcome to comment!
