Knowing Others, and Being Known: The Art of Writing People

4 credits · Undergraduate

What does it mean to use the medium of writing to "know" a person, and precisely how does one avail oneself of that medium to make oneself or someone else "known"? This course will guide students in writing about one of the most challenging of subjects: people. Students will have the opportunity to (a) read deeply in a selection of writings drawn from a range of genres and cultures, to acquaint themselves with a range of rhetorical tools employed in the portrayal of human lives and character, (b) identify the aims of their own writings, and (c) develop competency in applying what they have learned as readers to their own writing.