Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

2055WE| TuTh 2:00-3:15 | Campbell, Scott

Writing, Rhetoric, and Environment is joins environmental literacy to writing and rhetoric in dynamic and productive ways—both as a topic of study (how science and pressing, complex environmental issues such as climate change are “written up” and communicated for a variety of non-specialist audiences) and as a practice (how we ourselves might effectively write about and grapple with environmental topics and movements). This course explores, through rhetoric and writing studies, numerous cross-disciplinary topics and inquiries, including visual rhetoric, ecologies of place, translation across disciplines and genres, dissemination of complex information to broad populations, narrative and counter story, scientific controversy, the challenges of representing the scope of environmental change (especially in climate), ecotourism, and the sustainability of consumerism, consumption, and capitalism. A central goal of the course is to foreground the rhetorical dimension of environmental discourse and feature writing as itself a component of environmental literacy.

Throughout the semester we will explore and analyze texts from a wide variety of genres, disciplines, and levels of complexity—ranging from New York Times pieces to specialized publications like academic journals—in an attempt to, among other things, identify growing rifts in public discourse. We will engage with authors that both excel at and struggle with bridging these rifts, while exploring how these texts are, in the best sense, rhetorical—in search of an audience. We will ourselves take on several major writing projects that provide opportunities to write, revise, research, and synthesize information, adding our voices to ongoing public and scholarly conversations. We will also be creative, investigating the role that storytelling (narrative) plays in conveying challenging or controversial information before crafting our own descriptive, narrative prose. Writing, here, is an iterative social process, and we will frequently collaborate in writing workshops and peer-review sessions that will expose us to a variety of writing processes and styles. 

Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.  

Skill Codes: COMP: Environmental Literacy, COMP: Writing Competency  

Topics of Inquiry: TOI1:Creativity: Des,Expr,Innv, TOI4: Environmental Literacy  

Contact Professor Campbell (scott.campbell@uconn.edu) with any questions. 

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Also offered as: AMST 2200

2200| TuTh 12:30-1:45 | Kneidel, Gregory

An examination of the early written and oral culture of the area that eventually became the United States, with a special focus on women writers. These may include Anne Hutchinson, Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, Hannah Foster, and Leonora Sansay, as well as some contemporary authors writing about the same time period. We will make a couple visits to the Wadsworth Atheneum next door. Requirements may include short critical papers, creative assignments, and consistent, informed class participation. Cross-listed as AMST 2200.

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

2301W| TuTh 9:30-10:45| Shea, Tom 

With an emphasis on diversity of perspectives, we will sample authors covering all of the seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. I prefer “World Literature in English” to the term “Anglophone,” but the emphasis will be on writings in English from former British colonies.

Course grades will be based on

- Active, Verbal Participation (50% of your semester grade),

- Two Brief Essays (10% each)

- Midterm Essay (15%), and

- Final Essay (15%)

Usually, NO FINAL EXAM.

Questions? Email Thomas.Shea@uconn.edu

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

2401 | MWF 10:10-11:00| Choffel, Julie 

This course will offer a survey of poetry in English across traditions. We will study conventions of poetic forms, genres, and devices, and how poets have taken up, altered, or abandoned them. We will find out, often from the poems themselves, how to read them and what they are for. Coursework will consist of close readings, discussion and group work, collaborative research and exercises, and a final paper.

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

2411W-01 | MWF 8-8:50| Horn, Jacob  

2411W-02| MWF 9:05-9:55| Horn, Jacob

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

2413-01 | MWF 11:15-12:05| Horn, Jacob