English 339 - Seminar: What Good is English, Anyway?

A Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing. You hear it all the time: The humanities are in crisis! Literature is in crisis! English is in crisis! If the peculiar pleasures and potentials of literary study are to become known so that English might be valued rather than derided, our defenses are going to have to go public, to reach broader non-specialist and non-academic audiences. This seminar will help you to develop skills for communicating to the public about the specific values of literature, literary analysis and scholarship, English, and the humanities. Enrollment limited to 12. Juniors and seniors only. Instructor permission required.

[CE] JR/SR only