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Traynor F Iii Hansen
ENGL 111
Seattle Campus
Study and practice of good writing; topics derived from reading and discussing stories, poems, essays, and plays.
Class description
Literature of the Outcast
English 111 is about developing the writing skills you already possess in order to prepare you for college-level writing. Although the class has an emphasis on reading and writing about literary texts, our primary focus will be writing as a general discipline and skill. The writing skills you develop in English 111 will be useful to you throughout your time at UW, regardless of your major or field.
Student learning goals
1. To Demonstrate an Awareness of the Strategies That Writers Use in Different Writing Contexts
2. To Read, Analyze, and Synthesize Complex Texts and Incorporate Multiple Kinds of Evidence Purposefully in Order to Generate and Support Writing
3. To Produce Complex, Analytic, Persuasive Arguments That Matter in Academic Contexts
4. To Develop Flexible Strategies for Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Writing
General method of instruction
Why do people stand apart from society? Does society push certain people away, or do those people set out on their own as a matter of choice? We will approach our writing this quarter by considering what it takes to be included in "normal" society -- and what it takes to get expelled.
Texts may include (but are not limited to): Shelley's Frankenstein, Byron's "Manfred" and "Cain", Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Suspiria de Profundis, and selections from "Paradise Lost" and the Bible.
Recommended preparation
Be prepared to write a lot: 4-6 pages per week.
Class assignments and grading
Students are expected to attend class regularly with the readings completed, and should be prepared to discuss the readings as well as writing practices. Regular online writing will also factor into the participation grade.
Participation - 30%; Final Portfolio - 70%
