COM LIT 2BW
Survey of Literature: Middle Ages to 17th Century
Description: Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1B or 4BW. Study of selected texts from Middle Ages to 17th century, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts may include works by authors such as Chaucer, Dante, Cervantes, Marguerite de Navarre, Shakespeare, Calderón, Molière, and Racine. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Fall 2015 - Professor Macfadyen is a pretty cool dude. The topic can be boring and there are 3 papers you have to write, but overall it's a pretty doable writing 2 class. You don't really have to go to lecture, but use the concepts he discusses in lecture in your papers and you'll get a better grade.
Fall 2015 - Professor Macfadyen is a pretty cool dude. The topic can be boring and there are 3 papers you have to write, but overall it's a pretty doable writing 2 class. You don't really have to go to lecture, but use the concepts he discusses in lecture in your papers and you'll get a better grade.
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Spring 2024 - I enrolled in this class because it was the only writing II open during second pass, and I soon found out why. The lecture that was held twice a week was mandatory (the TAs took attendance) but hardly useful because we were never tested on what we learned in lecture. Most of your grade comes from essays that you write throughout the quarter, I think there were 4, and those are all based on close readings of texts, meaning there's no need to even do any of the mass amounts of reading that we were supposed to have done before every lecture. The redeeming feature of this class was the discussions and my TA. Mr. Fasasi was an engaging TA who always gave great feedback and encouraged us to work on our writing. He was probably the only reason my writing could have improved from taking this class. Expect to write, expect to read, expect to be bored in lecture when you inevitably don't read, and expect your discussions to be what carries you. Course content is interesting enough and I had no problems with the literature, plus there's always multiple prompts you can choose from to at least make the writing more fun for you.
Spring 2024 - I enrolled in this class because it was the only writing II open during second pass, and I soon found out why. The lecture that was held twice a week was mandatory (the TAs took attendance) but hardly useful because we were never tested on what we learned in lecture. Most of your grade comes from essays that you write throughout the quarter, I think there were 4, and those are all based on close readings of texts, meaning there's no need to even do any of the mass amounts of reading that we were supposed to have done before every lecture. The redeeming feature of this class was the discussions and my TA. Mr. Fasasi was an engaging TA who always gave great feedback and encouraged us to work on our writing. He was probably the only reason my writing could have improved from taking this class. Expect to write, expect to read, expect to be bored in lecture when you inevitably don't read, and expect your discussions to be what carries you. Course content is interesting enough and I had no problems with the literature, plus there's always multiple prompts you can choose from to at least make the writing more fun for you.
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