COM LIT 4CW
Literature and Writing: Age of Enlightenment to 20th Century
Description: Discussion, four 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 1C or 2CW. Study and discussion of selected texts from Age of Enlightenment to 20th century, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts may include works by authors such as Swift, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Goethe, M. Shelley, Flaubert, Ibsen, Strindberg, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Kafka, Joyce, Beckett, L. Hughes, and Garcia Marquez. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
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When I signed up for this course, it said Kristal/Feldman, but I never met Kristal. The class was taught solely by his TA, Leah Feldman. She was great; very approachable and really concerned about student learning. I had a lot of difficulty understanding what she wanted out of our writing, and she took the time to explain all of the most basic topics with me until I fully understood them, even stuff like what a proper thesis is and what a topic sentence is. She's extremely patient about stuff like that, and she also believed that everybody's opinion matters which was really nice. I was pretty intimidated taking this class, as I was one of the few freshman, but I enjoyed it. We read five books, and the class was fairly fast paced. Our grades were 20% participation, 10% a class presentation, 10% midterm, 15% for the first paper, 20% for the second paper, and 25% for the final paper. The first paper was graded pretty easy, but the others were harder. The midterm was easy, and the presentation was as well. Attendance was mandatory, which sort of sucked. I got a B+ in the class, which I'm happy about, being a south campus major and a pretty shitty writer. I really liked this class, and I think Feldman is a good teacher. I definitely recommend it.
When I signed up for this course, it said Kristal/Feldman, but I never met Kristal. The class was taught solely by his TA, Leah Feldman. She was great; very approachable and really concerned about student learning. I had a lot of difficulty understanding what she wanted out of our writing, and she took the time to explain all of the most basic topics with me until I fully understood them, even stuff like what a proper thesis is and what a topic sentence is. She's extremely patient about stuff like that, and she also believed that everybody's opinion matters which was really nice. I was pretty intimidated taking this class, as I was one of the few freshman, but I enjoyed it. We read five books, and the class was fairly fast paced. Our grades were 20% participation, 10% a class presentation, 10% midterm, 15% for the first paper, 20% for the second paper, and 25% for the final paper. The first paper was graded pretty easy, but the others were harder. The midterm was easy, and the presentation was as well. Attendance was mandatory, which sort of sucked. I got a B+ in the class, which I'm happy about, being a south campus major and a pretty shitty writer. I really liked this class, and I think Feldman is a good teacher. I definitely recommend it.
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Winter 2017 - Lehman is a pretty cool lecturer, he is however a tough grader. For most of my papers, they ranged in the 80s, but during office hours he did tell you how to improve your paper. I wouldn't say this is an easy writing 2 class, but it did help me in my writing. Like what makes your paper is your thesis, a well constructed one. There are 3 papers, all based on books and films you see in class, and the final was analyzing certain significant quotes.
Winter 2017 - Lehman is a pretty cool lecturer, he is however a tough grader. For most of my papers, they ranged in the 80s, but during office hours he did tell you how to improve your paper. I wouldn't say this is an easy writing 2 class, but it did help me in my writing. Like what makes your paper is your thesis, a well constructed one. There are 3 papers, all based on books and films you see in class, and the final was analyzing certain significant quotes.
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Spring 2016 - Catherine's class was terribly hard. Her grading was awful. We had three papers during the whole quarter. On the first one she literally gave everyone a C. Not a single person received anything higher or lower. On the second paper everyone received anywhere from an 80-85. She gives reading quizzes every week which were the only fairly easy parts of the class. She also expects you to read around 100 pages in two nights. Overall, do not take her class.
Spring 2016 - Catherine's class was terribly hard. Her grading was awful. We had three papers during the whole quarter. On the first one she literally gave everyone a C. Not a single person received anything higher or lower. On the second paper everyone received anywhere from an 80-85. She gives reading quizzes every week which were the only fairly easy parts of the class. She also expects you to read around 100 pages in two nights. Overall, do not take her class.
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