COR 448 FACT, FICTION, POLITICS, AND LOVE: THE AARON SORKIN EXPERIENCE
This course uses the films, television programs, and other work by writer Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Newsroom, The Social Network) to accomplish several interdisciplinary goals. Among the topics to be considered: the economic implications of technological advancement, gender in the workplace, and the ethics of reconstructing reality for the sake of commercial benefit. Students will analyze contemporary U.S. political and economic history to determine how Sorkin juxtaposes fact and fiction to construct his stories, mixing real and invented people and events. Also, students will examine how, as a writer/producer, Sorkin uses rapid fire, poignant, and humor (dubbed Sorkin-esque) writing to establish character identities and storylines. Additionally, using Sorkin's work as inspiration, students will complete historical, persuasive, and script/screen writing. This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study.