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English 497A:
Honors Revision Seminar
Dr. Michael Bryson
Sierra Tower 832
818-677-5695
michael.bryson@csun.edu
Course Description
This course provides you
with the opportunity to experience a full and rewarding revision process.
In this class, you will develop an existing paper into a more
sophisticated analysis that is richly researched and rhetorically and
stylistically polished. You will have the time to practice stages in the
revision process that typically get short shrift when trying to develop a
paper in a single semester. The resulting 20 -25 research essay will be
suitable as a writing sample for graduate school applications or as
concrete evidence of your writing and thinking skills when searching for a
job.
Required Texts
- 7-15 page essay that you have
already written for an Honors Seminar or other upper-division
English class
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James L. Harner,
Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in
English Literary Studies. Modern Language Association of America; 5th
edition, 2008. ISBN: 0873528085
Student Learning Outcomes
The course addresses the following English Honors Option Student Learning
Outcomes:
1. You will gain the ability to write effective expository prose
2. You will gain the ability to articulate clear interpretations of
cultural texts
4. You will gain knowledge of and ability to apply literary theory
6. You will gain the ability to engage in independent research and
scholarship
Course Assignments
The course will require you to engage in a variety of revision techniques.
Some of these will be discussed in class, and some individually with the
course instructor. Your grade will be determined both by the quality of
the essay you turn in at the end of the semester and by your completion of
the revision assignments. Simply handing in a revised paper at the end of
the semester will not constitute satisfactory completion of the course.
Course Schedule
(subject to revision as necessary)
Week 1 (1/26)
Course Intro
Week 2 (2/2)
Self-Evaluation of paper due via email
Week 3 (2/9)
Outline of existing draft due via email
Week 4 (2/16)
Discussion of
Library Resources
Week 5 (2/23)
Revision/New Outline of existing argument due via email
Week 6 (3/1)
Research/Writing
Week 7 (3/8)
Research/Writing
Week 8 (3/15)
Revision Conferences: report on consultations with faculty due
Week 9 (3/22)
Research and Writing
Week 10 (3/29)
Research and Writing
Week 11 (4/12)
Revised Bibliography due via email
Week 12 (4/19)
Roundtable Presentations
Week 13 (4/26)
Roundtable Presentations
Week 14 (5/3)
Revision Conferences/Outlines of new arguments due
Week 15 (5/10)
Final Essay due
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