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College Writing 110 Fall 2014 Advanced Composition: Challenging Writing

MWF 10-11 175 Dinelle

!teve "olle#son $##ice: M1% Wheeler %42-&%07 tolle#'(er)ele*+ed,

$##ice o,rs: MW 11-12 and (* appointment

Introduction to the Course:

"his riting or)shop ill o##er *o, an opport,nit* to rite essa*s and other non#iction prose that spea) (oth

personall* and politicall* to the iss,es and a,diences *o, ish to address+ While the #orm .that is/ c,lt,ral

criti,e/ research/ narrative ill (e set/ the topic ill (e *o,rs+

"he readings ill #oc,s on the rhetorical strategies o# riters ho have ,sed the essa* as a c,lt,ral #orm/ (oth to

epress and to challenge the norms o# the time and place in hich the* live+ As a riter/ *o, ill do a lot o#

eplorator* riting (e#ore *o, get to *o,r #inal dra#t+ "he dra#ting process ill re,ire (oth in-class and o,t-o#-

class riting+ 3sing Writing with Power/ *o, ill develop techni,es #or (oth giving and receiving #eed(ac)

#rom *o,r #ello riters+ "his is a or)shop co,rse/ hich means e ill spend a great deal o# time as a gro,p

.sometimes o# the hole class/ sometimes o# smaller gro,ps reading/ anal*ing/ and criticiing+

t6s hard or)+++and hope a lot o# #,n+

Prerequisites: 8 C re,irement m,st (e #,l#illed

"his class #,l#ills the Arts and 9iterat,re and ,manities readth e,irement/ and a Creative Writing Minor

re,irement+

Required Texts:

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Any test, paper or report submitted by you and that bears your name is presumed to beyour own original work that has not previously been submitted for credit in another courseunless you obtain prior written approval to do so from your instructor.

In all of your assignments, including your homework or drafts of papers, you may usewords or ideas written by other individuals in publications, web sites, or other sources, butonly with proper attribution. Proper attribution means that you have fully identied theoriginal source and etent of your use of the words or ideas of others that you reproducein your work for this course, usually in the form of a footnote or parenthesis.

As a general rule, if you are citing from a published source or from a web site and the quotation is short (up to a

sentence or two) place it in quotation marks; if you employ a longer passage from a publication or web site, please

indent it and use single spacing. In both cases, be sure to cite the original source in a footnote or in parentheses.

If you are not clear about the expectations for completing an assignment ortaking a test or examination, be sure to seek clarication from your instructoror GSI beforehand.

!inally, you should keep in mind that as a member of the campus community, you areepected to demonstrate integrity in all of your academic endeavors and will be evaluated

on your own merits. "o be proud of your academic accomplishments and help to protectand promote academic integrity at #erkeley. $he conse%uences of cheating and academicdishonesty & including a formal discipline le, possible loss of future internship,scholarship, or employment opportunities, and denial of admission to graduate school &are simply not worth it.

From the Report of the Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Subcommittee!une #, $%%&

'he College (riting Program has a )ero*tolerance policy regarding plagiarism.+tudents who submit plagiari)ed work will be subect to conse-uences ranging from agrade of /0 on the assignment to suspension from the Uni1ersity.

According to the campus Code of +tudent Conduct http:22sa.berkeley.edu2code*of*conduct"Plagiarism is de3ed as the use of intellectual material produced by anotherperson without acknowledging its source. 'his includes, but is not limited to:4a.5 Copying from the writings or works of others into one6s academic assignmentwithout attribution, or submitting such work as if it were one6s own74b.5 Using the 1iews, opinions, or insights of another without acknowledgment7 or4c.5 Paraphrasing the characteristic or original phraseology, metaphor, or other literary

de1ice of another without proper attribution."

"he dra#ting and revision process ill re,ire (oth in-class and o,t-o#-class riting/ incl,ding a n,m(er o#

eercises designed to oil *o,r creative machiner*/ epand *o,r riting horions/ and introd,ce *o, to ne

methods o# generating ideas and creating essa*s+ All assigned riting m,st (e completed+ Complete credit #or anessa* is not onl* (ased on the #inal prod,ct itsel#/ (,t on all preliminar* assignments and participation in dra#t

or)shops+

Grading:"here are three maEor riting proEects: the #irst ill co,nt #or 25/ the second #or &0/ and the #inal#or &5 o# *o,r grade+ Altho,gh consider all three assignments to (e e,al/ this allos #or the #act that as e

#oc,s on riting/ *o,r riting sho,ld (e getting stronger thro,gho,t the semester+ "he remaining 10 is #or class

participation+
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You will also keep a notebook+ !ome people call them Eo,rnals/ (,t that6s #ancier and more organied than can

(e/ and can6t as) *o, to do more than am capa(le o#+ n the note(oo)/ hoever/ o,ld li)e *o, to ma)e

some notes .comments a(o,t each reading *o, do and each piece o# riting+ ,t more important/ ant *o, to

carr* the note(oo) ith *o,/ so that hen something stri)es *o,/ *o, can Eot it don: ideas #or riting/ great

lines/ ,otes/ re#erences+ o#ten #ind m*sel# most a(sor(ed in m* riting hen 6m listening to a lect,re or

attending a meeting+ And i# p,ll o,t a piece o# paper/ it E,st loo)s li)e 6m ta)ing notes+ "r* the same thing/ (,t

ith *o,r note(oo)+

hrenreich/ hose most recent (oo) is on hat she calls the

negative side o# positive thin)ingHshe had ta)en a c,lt,ral phenomenon/ eamined it/ and ritten a (oo)-length

criti,e o# the a*s in hich she thin)s it6s detrimental+ o, ma* ish to do a c,lt,ral criti,e s,ch as hersJ *o,

ma* also ish to do a more narro c,lt,ral criti,e/ on a more local c,lt,ral phenomenon/ #or instance/

something *o, notice at er)ele*/ in Cali#ornia/ or *o,r hometon+


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$n the other hand/ *o, ma* ish to rite a revieHo# a (oo)/ o# an art sho+ n this case/ *o, ill (e in #act

riting some )ind o# c,lt,ral criti,e/ too/ (eca,se the (est )ind o# revie ill place the s,(Eect in a larger

socialGc,lt,ral contet+ We have some eamples in o,r reader+

!ince this is not a maEor research proEect/ *o, ill have to #ind a s,(Eect that *o, can do itho,t spending the

net *ear #inding o,t a(o,t it+ $n the other hand/ *o, m,st rite #rom )noledge/ not #rom hearsa* or anecdotal

evidence+ "he greatest pit#alls in s,ch an essa* are that it can (e ;old nes= or can t,rn into a diatri(e+ $r orse/

that *o,6ve pic)ed a s,(Eect that6s onl* interesting to *o,/ and have #ailed to #ind hat in that s,(Eect is

interesting to *o,r a,dience+ o it connects to the orld+

"riting Pro#ect Three: +ieldwork'Research

n this proEect/ *o, ill (e a(le to #oc,s on one o# the three categories: research/ #ieldor)/ or pro#ile/ altho,gh

the* all overlap to some etent+

A #ieldor) paper involves #inding a s,(EectHor a place or gro,pHthat interests *o,/ visiting the place or gro,p/

intervieing people .or)ers/ mem(ers/ c,stomers/ oners/ vol,nteers+ o,r paper is li)e a indo into this

place or gro,p+ "he possi(ilities are endless: almost an* gro,p on camp,s/ a #armer6s mar)et/ a street #air/ a

m,se,m/ a par)/ a comm,nit* gro,p+

# *o, choose a pro#ile paper/ *o,6ll #ind someone hose li#e and or) are interesting to *o,+ # *o, chose apro#essor to pro#ile/ *o, o,ld pro(a(l* do some research #irst a(o,t the personHp,(lications/ e(pages/ etc+

"hen *o,6d intervie the s,(Eect/ and have a set o# ,estions read* (ased on hat aspect o# the person *o, are

most interested inHriting/ research/ teaching+

For the research paper/ *o, might ant to learn more a(o,t/ sa*/ the histor* o# a (,ilding or (,ildings on camp,s/

or camp,s art/ or "elegraph Aven,e/ or @o(el colog* estoration gro,p+ n order to rite a thoro,gh paper/ *o, o,ld do

#ieldor)/ o(serving the gro,pJ *o,6d pro(a(l* also pro#ile in part one or to mem(ers/ and *o,6d do some

research a(o,t their or)/ its contet and histor*+

Whichever o# the a(ove *o, #oc,s on/ the process is ver* m,ch the same+ An important part o# this assignment is

o(servation+ And the goal is to conve* to the reader a sense o# place/ or people/ or person+ !,ch a paper co,ld #all

into man* di##erent categories: histor*/ ethnograph*/ sociolog*/ Eo,rnalism+

What ill *o, (e loo)ing #orI n #ieldor) especiall*/ *o,6re loo)ing at lang,age/ arti#acts/ (ehavior/ rit,als/

r,les/ ,ses o# space/ and so on+ "hese all add ,p to one thing: the c,lt,re o# the gro,p or place *o, are doing

*o,r #ieldor) in+

"he )e* to ma)ing this a good paper is to remem(er that ever*thing and ever*one is interesting+ o, E,st have to

#ind the )ernel+ "he oman ho ons a sandich shopHhere does she come #rom/ ho did she get started/

hat does she hopeI Wh* sho,ld e careI

As ith all the assignments/ it6s ver* ver* eas* to do a mediocre Eo(/ to do a simple o(servation+ ,t e ant

s,(stance/ depth+ Again/ hat e ant is to learn something/ to have a (it o# the orld opened ,p to ,s+ Whether

it6s implicit or eplicit/ *o,6re going to have a thesis+

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"here ill (e assignments/ (,t lets see here e are/ #irst+

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/ere are a couple o! pages to read2 with reall random things about writing

;L,st as there are no (oring people/ there are no trivial topics+ >ven things li)e #ashion are connected to critical

iss,es+ "here as a time hen ever* piece o# omen6s clothing had sho,lder padsHE,st as omen ere

str,ggling to esta(lish themselves as a #orce in the (,siness orld+ Everythinghas meaning+= Donna ritt in;Col,mns: ntimate

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