The Past and Present of American Journalism
ENGL 162
Fall 2017
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This course will expose students to the history of print culture in the United States and familiarize students with the current state of affairs in American journalism. Each week we will read historical and contemporary texts alongside one another, seeing how recent journalism continues in the tradition of older forms of public writing but also deviates from and altogether abandons them. Some of the assignments for the course will be critical, asking students to describe, explain, and make arguments about the texts they encounter; others will be creative, asking students to generate their own journalistic practices informed and inspired by the assigned readings. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL-Creative W)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Franklin, Benjamin, THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE
Douglass, Frederick, THE NORTH STAR
Riis, Jacob, HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES
Tarbell, Ida, THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
Du Bois, W.E.B., THE CRISIS
Didion, Joan, SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM
Mailer, Norman, MIAMI AND THE SIEGE OF CHICAGO
Wallace, David Foster, A SUPPOSEDLY FUN THING I'LL NEVER DO AGAIN
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly writing responses, three 5-7 page papers, and one presentation. |
| Instructor(s): Day Frank,Morgan Times: ...W.F. 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: DWNY208; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 3 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
| SECTION 02 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Day Frank,Morgan Times: ...W.F. 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: DWNY208; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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