Course details

Name: ENWR - 220

Title: WRITING IN THE MAJOR: THE ANALYTIC ESSAY

Section: 01

Semester: Fall - 2013

Credits: 3

Description:
Course Catalog 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.

Specific Section Description:
The theme of this section will be "Beast Fables." We will look at a variety of works that represent animals, from ancient works such as Aesop's Fables and the biblical story of Balaam and his ass (donkey!!), through canonical texts like Gulliver's Travels, to modern works by Franz Kafka, Angela Carter, and J.M. Coetzee.

Schedule: Monday,Wednesday From 10:00 am To 11:15 am

Graduation requirements:

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Teaching Faculty: Greenberg Jonathan (greenbergj)

Is course canceled: No