WRLIT-3200-1: Ways of Reading: Octavia Butler
Fall 2025
- Subject: Writing and Literature
- Type: Seminar
- Delivery Mode: In-Person
- Level: Undergraduate
- Course Dates: September 02, 2025 — December 15, 2025
- Meetings: Thu 12:15-02:45PM
- Instructor: Eric Olson
- Units: 3.0
- Enrolled: 3/16
Description:
Required of students in Writing and Literature. Ways of Reading focuses on a particular canonical author or text(s), utilizing various critical perspectives and secondary sources to support a deeper understanding of the work. The course further develops and reinforces practical skills in close reading, historical contextualization, applied critical theory, and the use of discipline-specific research tools and resources, encouraging conscious reflection on critical presuppositions and practices. This course prepares students to enter the Critical Essay Workshop.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites:
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