MPC 220

This course explores storytelling as a universal human practice shaped by diverse cultural traditions—from Indigenous oral epics and griot narratives to folklore, magical realism, and contemporary expressions in drama, narrative fiction, song, poetry, and other art forms. Employing a decolonized lens, the course challenges dominant frameworks and centers marginalized voices to critically examine how power, identity, and cultural context continuously reshape narrative elements such as time, plot, setting, character, conflict, theme, and voice.