A study of significant American writers and survey of American literary traditions from pre-colonial settlement to the present time. A study of major poets and prose writers accompanied by a survey of the history of British literature from the beginnings to the present. Selected readings from twentieth-century literature. The schedule of course offerings will specify the genre that a given section will consider. Intensive application of writing and editing principles and skills to increase mastery of diction, sentence and paragraph patterns, and larger rhetorical units.
Class is limited in size and functions as workshop.
Intended for transfer students as well as Wesleyan students who seek further development of writing skills. 1301 and 1302 or equivalent. Concentration on some aspect of world literature from ancient times to the present. The schedule of course offerings will specify the geographical origin, period, and genre of literature a given section will treat. Subject matter in the course varies depending on the instructor and student interests.