Results for PWR

Fulfills first level of the writing requirement. Rhetorical and contextual analysis of readings, research, and argument. Focus is on development of a substantive research-based argument using multiple sources. Individual conferences with instructor.

Further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, with emphasis on oral presentations of research-based arguments. Individual conferences with instructor. Prerequisite: PWR 1.

Further work on developing writing. Analysis and research-based argument, writing for a range of audiences and in varied disciplinary contexts. Workshops and individual conferences. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit.

Individual writing project under the guidance of a PWR instructor. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit.

South Park, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Boondocks, and stand-up comedians like Margaret Cho, Chris Rock, Eddie Izzard, and Carlos Mencia all put current events through the satirical wringer, persuading us to laugh at political leaders like Barack Obama (or remember Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin?), cultural icons, our enemies and ourselves. But who and what are we laughing at (and with) when, for example, Dave Chappelle plays a black (and blind) Ku Klux Klan leader, and what ends does this kind of satire serve? <br><br>nnIn this class, we'll analyze cartoons and jokes about and by feminists, LGBTs, ethnic minorities, and rednecks, and watch movies like Harold and Kumar and Team America: World Police to understand how satire works as social criticism; we'll analyze post 9-11 cartoons of a weeping Lady Liberty and a revengeful Uncle Sam and discuss how they reflect important moral values about race, sex, gender, and religion, and help us cope with tragedies and contested events like the war in Iraq; we'll also discuss how, for example, redneck humor legitimizes social and economic inequalities in the U.S., and how satire in general dissolves anxieties about our tendency to fail as leaders, citizens, and humans. For your research project, you'll be free to choose any topic involving the use of humor, historic or contemporary, from the United States or abroad. Satisfies WR-1.

For students who have completed the first two levels of the writing requirement and want further work in developing skills in argument and research-based writing, emphasizing discipline-specific contexts and nonfiction genres. Individual conferences with instructor and peer workshops. Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit.

Open to undergraduates and graduate students. Crafting nonfiction prose in a range of genres. Focus is on the relationship of genre and form; attention to developing stylistic versatility. Individual conferences with instructor. Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit.

Advanced work on research projects, early drafts of theses, expository excursions, manifestos, scripts, first-hand accounts, investigative reports, proposals, comic disputations, and other textual, rhetorical and imaginative explorations. Shared work, discussions, and examination of methods, rhetorics, and styles in all disciplines. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit.

For students from all majors in the process of writing an honors thesis. Review of key elements of thesis process, including literature reviews, structure, argumentation, style, and documentation. Group and individual workshops. Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit.

(Same as LAW 304.) Interdisciplinary seminar. The rhetorical underpinnings of legal argument. Goal is understanding rhetoric as readers and interpreters of legal texts and to develop skills as writers and speakers. Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit.

For students selected to serve as peer writing tutors in the Stanford Writing Center and/or at other campus sites. Readings on and reflection about writing processes, the dynamics of writing and tutoring situations, tutoring techniques, learning styles, diversity, and ethics. Observation of tutoring sessions, written responses to readings, and other written work.