Writing Seminar - St.Joseph's College, Bangalore - 1 MA English - Syllabus 2008 - 2009

1 MA English - Semester II - Writing Seminar - Syllabus 2008 - 2009

Unit I: Pre-writing:

1. Discussions on Pre-writing, Activitings such as Brainstorming, Clustering, Organizing and Formulation of ideas thoughts/responses.

2. Developing ideas, identifying themes, examining already well-formed writing

3. Editing and Revising writing (One's Own and others)

Unit II

1. Focus on differing forms of writing leading upto understanding the task of writing

a) Personal Essay
b) The Reflective Essay
c) The Academic Essay

2. Developing a critical response and critical review from the above

a) Rhetorical Device
b) Grammaticality
c) Methods of arguments
d) Knowledge of Approaches

Unit III

Focus on the Final Academic Journal Aricle

1. Critique vs. Criticism
2. Identifying a Thesis Statement
3. Exploring an argument
4. Evidencing an argument
5. Conventions of documentation

Recommended Readings

1. Thomas Watson : Writing A Thesis
2. Sealy John : The Oxford Guide to Good Writing (1998)
3. Other writing related material will be provided by those facilitating the course.