ENGL 481

Spring 2021 All Classes

All Classes

Composition Theory and Practice

SHOW FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Study of the history and theory of written composition. This course explores basic rhetorical principles, various theoretical perspectives in the field of composition/rhetoric, and helps students form practical approaches to the guidance of, response to, and structuring of student writing.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

My Favorites

My Schedule

Section Status updates every 10 minutes.

ENGL 481 class schedule data for spring 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	44165	Online	1G	3:30PM -4:45PM	MW	n.a.	Russell, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: The constellation of skills that comprise composition—invention, selection, combination, construction, framing, curation, reasoning, argument, presentation, delivery, and so on—have been taught in Western worlds since classical time. This course will review the long and rich history of composition theory in order to understand what composition has been (e.g., an craft, an art, a civic action, a moral exercise), who composition has served (e.g., citizens, lawyers, preachers, social climbers, students, activists), and what composition has helped people accomplish (e.g., persuasion of others, expression of self, disruption of social order). We will consider how these historical theories of composition inflect the approaches to teaching composition that have emerged in the last fifty years, including pedagogies grounded in process theory, expressivism, social constructivism, feminism, multimodality, and multiculturalism. In light of these historical and contemporary contexts, we will articulate our own goals as writers and teachers of writing, asking what practices will allow us to achieve our goals in the contexts of the communities in which we live and teach. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	39291	Online	1U	3:30PM -4:45PM	MW	n.a.	Russell, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: The constellation of skills that comprise composition—invention, selection, combination, construction, framing, curation, reasoning, argument, presentation, delivery, and so on—have been taught in Western worlds since classical time. This course will review the long and rich history of composition theory in order to understand what composition has been (e.g., an craft, an art, a civic action, a moral exercise), who composition has served (e.g., citizens, lawyers, preachers, social climbers, students, activists), and what composition has helped people accomplish (e.g., persuasion of others, expression of self, disruption of social order). We will consider how these historical theories of composition inflect the approaches to teaching composition that have emerged in the last fifty years, including pedagogies grounded in process theory, expressivism, social constructivism, feminism, multimodality, and multiculturalism. In light of these historical and contemporary contexts, we will articulate our own goals as writers and teachers of writing, asking what practices will allow us to achieve our goals in the contexts of the communities in which we live and teach. Restriction(s): Restricted to English or Rhetoric or Creative Writing major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.