ENGL 214 - Process, Prose, Pedagogy

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

(Same as CLCS 214) This course introduces the theoretical and practical underpinnings of writing and teaching writing. Students interrogate writing’s place in the academy, discuss writing process from inception to revision, and share their own writing and writing practices. The course offers an occasion to reflect on and strengthen the students’ own analytical and imaginative writing and heighten the ability to talk with others about theirs. Students are asked to offer sustained critical attention to issues of where knowledge resides and how it is shared, to interrogate the sources of students’ and teachers’ authority, to explore their own education as writers, to consider the possibilities of peer-to-peer and collaborative learning, and to give and receive constructive criticism. Texts may include Roland Barthes’ The Death of the Author, Paolo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and Stephen King’s On Writing, as well as handbooks on peer consulting. Students who successfully complete this class are eligible to interview for employment as consultants in the Writing Center. Mr. Schultz. (English; Director, Writing Center)

Prerequisite(s): open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors with one unit of 100-level work or by permission of the associate chair. Students applying for permission to elect 200-level work must present samples of their writing to the associate chair. Freshmen with AP credit may elect 200-level work after consultation with the department and with the permission of the instructor. First-year students who have completed ENGL 101 may elect 200-level work with permission of the instructor. Intermediate writing courses are not open to Freshmen. Freshman Writing Seminar.

By special permission.