ENGL 1740 A (CRN: 94307)

English: The Art of the Essay (A)

3 credit hours

About ENGL 1740 A

In this intermediate writing course, students explore and practice variations in the genre known as the nonfiction essay, attending to audience, purpose, context, style, and medium.

Notes

Open to degree and PACE students

Section Description

Art of the Essay is a student-centered, workshop-based course in the reading and writing of short nonfiction prose across three main rhetorical modes: Narrative, exposition, and opinion/argument. We will also study and discuss subgenres of the artful essay: memoir/autobiography, topical essays, short narrative journalism, and criticism written in a personal/familiar voice.

Section Expectation

Daily readings; several short writing exercises/assignments; drafting and revision of three complete essays; peer critique workshops; creative and critical reading responses; completion of a final portfolio of finished essays.

Evaluation

Grade is based on participation and work completion throughout the class and a final portfolio of revised writing.

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