This course will emphasize the transition from personal to public writing in a multicultural context. This course will address the function of writing in a range of contemporary situations, including that of the academy, from a critical and theoretical perspective. Topics addressed include commodity culture, advertising, taste and identity, fashion, shoplifting, and the Americanization of global popular culture. ENGL 145E. Special Topics in Film and Visual Culture. A study of American films of the 1960s with regard to the question of how art form can be both highly commercial, reaching mass audiences, and the site of counter-culture values and expression.
Enrollment is by invitation only.
Interested teachers may request an application from the University of California, Riverside, Inland Area Writing Project Office, Department of English, 92521. Friday, April 6, 2001. The Teaching of Written Composition. A study of research and practice in the teaching of written composition in the elementary and secondary schools. Preparing to Teach Teachers.