ENGL 582

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Topics Research and Writing

Credit: 4 hours.

Focuses on the diverse research paradigms that are often employed in the study of writing processes. Topics will vary each term. Examines past and current writing research in the topic area with an emphasis on the critical examination of research designs and the influence of epistemologies on the interpretation of data.

Same as CI 565. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in writing studies or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 582 class schedule data for spring 2015
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32283	Lecture-Discussion	E	1:00PM -2:50PM	M	113 English Building	Ritter, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Section Title: Historiographies of Writing Section Info: Topic Section E: Historiographies of Writing In this seminar, we will explore methods for doing archival/historiographic work in writing studies. This will include a discussion of the value and use of archives; the theories guiding historical research; the pitfalls of various kinds of historical approaches (and how these approaches resemble or differ from other methods in writing studies); and the representation and analysis of local historical and archival studies published in the field today. Students will be asked to engage with an archive (either in person or in a digital space) and build a final 20-25 page seminar paper or other equivalent project that employs historiographic methods. Possible texts for the course include White?s The Content of the Form, Goggin?s Authoring a Discipline, Ramsey et al.?s Working in the Archives, historically focused monographs such as Lamos? Interests and Opportunities and Fleming?s From Form to Meaning, edited collections that gather various smaller historical studies (e.g., Gold and Hobbs, Donahue and Moon), and individual articles on historical methods and case studies (e.g., Glenn/Enoch, Connors, Gold, Fitzgerald, Finnegan, Mendenhall, Skinnell, Lerner, Miller, S., Varnum, ?Octalog?). If we are very lucky, we may also have one or more in-person or Skype-connected guest speakers to join our discussion. Students from CWS-affiliated units besides the English department are very welcome in this course. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.