Writing On and As Performance
THEA 235
Spring 2018
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 278 |
| Certificates: Writing |
This course focuses on developing descriptive critical writing skills. Through close readings of texts by authors including José Esteban Muñoz, Jennifer Doyle, Eileen Myles, Lydia Davis, Hilton Als, Claudia Rankine, Eve Sedgwick, and Ann Pellegrini, this course will challenge students to craft ideas and arguments by enhancing critical reading, creative thinking, and clear writing. We will experiment with style and form from academic essays to performative writing, performance lectures, and free form prose. Students will complete in-class writing assignments and exercises in response to written, recorded, and live performances by a range of contemporary artists. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA THEA |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Creative W)(ENGL-Literature)(THEA) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Less than 50% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Laurie Weeks, EAT ME
Eve Sedgwick, TENDENCIES
Jennifer Doyle, HOLD IT AGAINST ME
Alexandra Vazquez, LISTENING IN DETAIL
José Esteban Muñoz, CRUISING UTOPIA
Ann Pellegrini, THE DOGS OF WAR
Fred Moten, IN THE BREAK
Eileen Myles, IMPORTANCE OF BEING ICELAND
Hilton Als, WHITE GIRLS
Lauren Berlant, THE FEMALE COMPLAINT
Gregg Bordowitz, VOLITION
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| Instructor(s): Brewer Ball,Katherine Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: TST101; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: -2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: 2 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 2 |
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