ENGL 380

Spring 2018 All Classes

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Topics in Writing Studies

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Credit: 3 hours.

Advanced-level work in the field of Writing Studies. Building upon a traditional disciplinary understanding of writing as rhetoric, this course invites students to call upon sociological, anthropological, and/or ideological approaches to the study of writing in order to understand the myriad ways that writing makes meaning(s). See Class Schedule for topics.

May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

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ENGL 380 class schedule data for spring 2018
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	59085	Lecture-Discussion	P	11:00AM -12:15PM	TR	61 English Building	Prendergast, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Section Info: Writing for Money This course is designed to study and practice freelance writing. Why write for money? Whether your goal is to be a creative writer, a commercial writer, or simply improve your writing in college, aiming to have people pay to read your writing helps you do your best work. You will have the opportunity write what you feel suits you best: creative writing, non-fiction prose, technical writing, commercial writing—all are fine. You will also have the opportunity to try something new and out of your comfort zone. You don’t have to succeed in making money or in getting published (this is a college class after all). Previous students who have taken the class have published in various genres: recipe, personal essay, and op-ed. Some alumni who have taken this course have gone on to make their living through freelance writing. Required Text: Brewer: Writer’s Marketplace 2018
	51868	Lecture-Discussion	S	12:30PM -1:45PM	MW	1060 Lincoln Hall	Pritchard, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Section Title: Hip-Hop Rhetorics Section Info: Topic Section X: Hip-Hop Rhetorics “I don’t make songs for free, I make ‘em for freedom” – “Blessings” by Chance The Rapper This course examines the hip-hop rhetorics of writers, performers, and activists of the hip-hop generation. These rhetors draw on hip-hop cultural tools, including rap, fashion, dance, graffiti, and deejayin’, to construct their identities and make and disseminate meaning within and about their social worlds, particularly redressing white supremacy, racism, sexism, misogyny, poverty, heterosexism, homophobia, cisnormativity, and transphobia. The primary goal of the course will be to strengthen writing, rhetorical analysis, and critical thinking skills through a study of hip hop and its links to matters of cultural, social, political, economic, educational, and global consequence. Reading some foundational and cutting edge scholarly writings in Hip-Hop Studies, as well as popular articles about hip-hop, we will engage the following questions: What is Hip Hop Rhetoric? How is this rhetoric constructed and deployed? What is the relationship between hip-hop rhetorics and a diversity of other language and literacy practices in everyday life? Topics the course may cover include: rap and social consciousness; cultural appropriation; hip-hop feminism; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) hip-hop performers; youth culture and activism; spoken word and hip-hop theater; and commercialism and commodification of hip hop culture. Engaging these topics through a variety of written and oral communication projects, students will learn the usefulness of employing hip-hop cultural tools as a tool of argument, analysis, and other forms of expression within the everyday. Course assignments include regular reading and participation in discussion, informal short writing assignments, regular quizzes on reading and lecture, scholarly essays, a presentation, and final project. Though students do not need to have prior knowledge of hip-hop culture, it would be helpful if students have taken a previous course in critical race ethnic/cultural studies, LGBTQ studies, feminist and gender studies, or cultural studies.