I’m gearing my Composition I course this semester around the theme of Dystopia. I’m really excited for several reasons: dystopia interests me; I’ve never taught about dystopia and dystopian subjects; and I’ve never geared a composition course around a single theme. I’ve taught various themes for various papers, but I like the idea of building knowledge throughout an entire semester. A brief search on dystopia led me to Kate Brown’s book, which I hoped would be useful for me. Brown, a professor of history, wrote […]