9:30a-10:45a TR (25) 3 cr 


COAS INTENSIVE WRITING SECTION. OPEN TO MAJORS ONLY.  DECLARED MINORS
OBTAIN AUTHORIZATION FROM BH402.


This course is designed to introduce you to several types of
literature and ways of coming to understanding that literature.  In
addition, you will have ample practice in writing about literature,
and rewriting, for only through extensive revision can you come to
have conscious control over your writing.  The theme of the course is
one of self-discovery and self-definition, a theme that will be traced
through a variety of works of poetry, fictional prose, drama, and
nonfictional prose.  You will be asked to write several papers of
varying length, in class and out, totalling some thirty pages.  As you
submit each paper, I will comment on it, returning it for your
revision.  At the end of the semester, you will resubmit some 15-20
pages of revised writing for reconsideration as part of the course
grade.  The formal requirements of the course will naturally center on
the compositions, but there will also be a midterm and a final
examination.  Above all, you should be expected to come to class
prepared to discuss the works you have read, even if you feel
initially unsure of the ground of your criticism, for the course is
designed to help you understand how you can come to understand
literature and enjoy it.


The book list has not yet been finalized but the following is
representative:


Texts:  Alvarez - How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents 

Atwood - Surfacing  

Hoffman - Lost in Translation 

LeGuin - The Left Hand of Darkness  

Stoppard - Travesties 

Walker - The Color Purple 

Welsh - Winter in the Blood 

Wilde - The Importance of Being Earnest