Spring 2004
Section 8, 12:-12:50pm MTWRF
English 101.10 -- Language and Composition I
"Every
written text occupies physical space and at the same time generates a
conceptual space in the minds of writers and readers'" (85).
-- David Jay Bolter, Writing Space
Writing
involves creating a depiction of the world and the roles of people within
it, establishing a relationship to readers, and making assumptions and
claims about the way things are and the way things could be.
As a writer, you are doing much more than putting words on paper. You are also creating a particular way of seeing the world and inviting readers to experience your topic in particular ways. Writers rely heavily on the assumption that audiences will be able to relate to the reality they describe with their words. The rhetorical act of stepping into another's context in order to understand what goes on there while inviting a reciprocal move of the other into one's own context is an important part of the 'worlds' writers construct for readers.
In this class, you will
lead your readers on an adventure through six different ways of seeing
the world we live in through identifying, learning about, and writing
about topics that interest you. In each of your topical adventures, you
will draw on the ideas and words of others to support your main theme(s)
or focus(es) and to show how your ideas fit within the network of existing
knowledge.
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The Components of Writing In this class, we will work with getting all of these elements to work together, but we will also approach writing in a new way and think about its less obvious components-- the ones that have to do with how writing is created, how it changes over time, how readers respond to it, and what assumptions both the writer and readers are likely to be making when approaching a text. Likewise, in past classes you may have been asked to write essays that were primarily narrative, persuasive, informational, etc. That may have been a good tool for learning about some of your different options as a writer, but now it's time to go a step further and begin to combine these different strategies within your essays. |
Contact Info:
Susan Antlitz
Email: seantli@ilstu.edu
Office Phone: 438-2718
Office hours: STV 122
MW 1-2pm
& by appointment
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Links English 101.10 |
What is Writing?
See the list
we created on the first day of class.