CW 2000 - Reading as Writer

This course introduces students to a vocabulary and set of practices intended to help facilitate a deeper understanding of both the act of reading itself and, consequentially, how an informed awareness of that act is essential to how we write. This approach fosters close and active reading, both from the level of the word and sentence to that of full-length works. Students will engage in in-depth discussion of readings, as well as compose a variety of written responses, both informally reflective as well as more traditionally analytical. The course culminates in a final project, determined in conjunction with the instructor, in which students analyze a single book in great detail, synthesizing what they’ve learned over the course of the semester. Credits: 4