Exploratory writing, which entails discovery of aspects of an issue or a topic. It requires reasoning, logic, and organization. Assignments are causal analyses, position papers, evaluations, and proposals. Literary writing, which entails forming and developing a critical opinion about some aspect of literature. It requires analysis and organization.
Assignments are evaluations, summaries, critiques, and analyses.
The four multi-page essays will not include expressive writing or profile assignments, which are assigned in English 1301. At least two of the four required essays must be research-based. The research paper covers the process of constructing a lengthy essay utilizing outside sources. Its topic may, or may not, be a literary one. Topics must be approved by the instructor.