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WRLIT-2030-2: Writing 2: Seeing Crime

Spring 2022

Subject: Writing and Literature
Type: Workshop
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Level: Undergraduate

Campus: San Francisco
Course Dates: January 18, 2022 — May 08, 2022
Meetings: Tue/Fri 9:40-11:10AM, San Francisco - Main Building - 102 A
Instructor: Gloria Frym

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 16/18

Description:

Writing 2 continues the work begun in Writing 1 on strengthening students' ability to write, read and discuss at the college level, with emphasis on literary and visual analysis, and research and argumentation skills. The course will revolve around a specific theme selected by the instructor.This course will investigate different types of crime and criminal activity as portrayed in novels, short stories, and film. We will examine and analyze literary elements such as character, plot, point of view, setting, motive, dialogue, etc., through the lens of crime. You will write essays pertaining to crime and develop the skill of presenting a cogent argument backed up with supporting evidence from primary and secondary sources.

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