Reading and composition in connection with the study of dramatic literature. R1A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and R1B satisfies the second half.

In a 2020 Black Feminist Breathing Chorus honoring the late playwright Lorraine Hansberry, Black feminist community scholar/Sista Docta Alexis Pauline Gumbs invited listeners to “create a future that reflects the beauty we see in each other.” She reminded us that the structures we bring to our own lives, whether they be through our poetry, plays, gardens, parenting, or “the beautiful boundaries and blessings of relationships and friendships with other people,” we can impose beauty on our future. In this analytical writing skills and research-focused performance studies R1B course, we will practice Embodied Study* with our bodies and lives to impose beauty on our future. We will read about performances of the everyday (race, class, gender, ability, etc.) and write, write, write. Our discussions, in-class writing practices, reading responses, group work and peer reviewing will not only help us develop the foundational skills needed in college and beyond, but also to study together in a way that cares about our bodies personally as well as the relationships, communities, and land we are most accountable to. * When I say Embodied Study, I am inspired by Dr. Brandi Wilkins Catanese’s description of Black feminist study as the “talking, listening, moving, resting, risking, holding, falling, laughing, dancing, creating, singing, breaking bread, writing, learning, wondering, understanding, accepting, rejecting, leading, following the lifework” -”What is black feminist study?” The Black Feminist Study Theory Atlas (2019)

Requisites

• Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C-or better. Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C-or better. Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature and Composition. Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills