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Composition Theory (EN 305)

Term: 2019-2020 Spring

Faculty

Jennifer A. Swartz-Levine
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Schedule

Tue-Thu, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM (1/13/2020 - 4/24/2020) Location: MAIN
Tue, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4/28/2020 - 4/28/2020) Location: FINAL

Description

This course provides an intriduction to the theories and issues that inform the discipline commonly known as rhetoric and compostion, including writing-across-the-curriculum and professional communication. The course is intended to be a survey of movements and topics important to the discipline of Composition. Many-but not all- of these relate to writing instruction. Course topics include history of rhetoric and composition; writers, writing and revision; reading; genre theory; writing-across- the -curriculum; matters of identity and language. This course is appropiate for anyone who expects to teah writing and/or who is interested in the study of writing.