Training in writing expository prose. Further instruction in expository writing in conjunction with reading literature. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.

How does a first-person narrator relate and relate to herself as a character amongst other characters? How is the narration of one’s individual growth dependent upon a synchronization with and outpacing of the environment that has produced oneself? What kinds of violence are imposed by the first-person narrator upon his surroundings to make them fit within a novel? What about violence he imposes upon himself? In this class we will be accounting for what is lost and what is reproduced in the making of a hero and in writing about oneself. Doing so will directly implicate the writing we do within the class into the political, psychological, and literary systems we will learn to identify, conceptualize, and respond to as we read the writings of others. See also https://english.berkeley.edu/courses/6640

Requisites

• Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature and Composition. Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills