Course details

Name: ENWR - 220

Title: WRITING IN THE MAJOR: THE ANALYTIC ESSAY

Section: 03

Semester: Spring - 2012

Credits: 3

Description:
Course and Catalogue Description

Organized around individual instructors’ chosen topic or theme, this course will focus on the development of students’ skills in writing a thesis-driven analytic essay. Students will work with literary and cultural texts to strengthen their reading and analytic abilities, using those skills to construct sophisticated arguments. Because the course is designed for English majors, students will learn and apply the vocabulary, writing conventions, research methods, and documentation practices of the discipline. Students will write 5000-6000 words of formal prose and regularly revise their essays with feedback from peers and the instructor. ENWR220 meets the Graduation Writing Requirement. Recommended but not required as a precursor to Pursuits of English. For English majors only.

Section Specific Description

Reading a range of works from canonical texts such as Gulliver's Travels to contemporary television shows like The Colbert Report, we will examine the topic of satire -- a variety of literature that is can be funny, mean-spirited, politically engaged, and artful all at once. We will look at various genres including poetry, prose fiction, film, and video.

Last updated on 2011-11-04 By Greenberg Jonathan (greenbergj)

Schedule: Monday,Wednesday From 11:30 am To 12:45 am

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Teaching Faculty: Greenberg Jonathan (greenbergj)

Is course canceled: No