ENG U310 - Advanced Writing in Literature

Institution:

Northeastern University

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Description:

Builds upon courses in the English major by focusing on "writing about literature" as a genre, a kind of writing that has its own history and set of styles and conventions. Students analyze a variety of strategies that readers, including published scholars, use in writing about literature. Students also examine how such strategies are shaped by different literary theories and approaches to texts, as well as by assumptions about what constitutes an argument and what is an appropriate persona or voice to adopt in literary studies. By concentrating on the critical reception of literary texts (that is, the ways in which literature has been read, interpreted, and evaluated over time), students may deepen their understanding of the genre. In a workshop setting, students are given opportunities to develop, write, and revise their own projects as they consider the traditions of, and alternative approaches to, writing about literature.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.northeastern.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 373-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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