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 2019 - I cannot emphasize this enough - DO NOT take this class. I enrolled thinking it would be an easy GE and great way to get my Writing II requirement, but I could not have been more mistaken. The essays are graded extremely harshly, and no one I know has gotten an A on any of them. Although it is a low-workload course, you could put in 100% effort and easily still get a low B in this class. Also, my TA (Yoonha) grades her sections based on the quality of our analysis as opposed to how often we speak or show up to class - and when our analysis isn't good enough for her, she makes sure we know it. I almost feel like the expectation from the professor and TAs is that we're Com Lit majors, but in reality, we're all taking this class for a GE. Personally, I'm a political science major and thought my extensive writing/debate skills might help me to do well, but I've never felt worse about my writing ability in my life. There is no one I've talked to who likes this class, and I think I speak for everyone when I say: DON'T TAKE IT!!
Spring 2019 - I cannot emphasize this enough - DO NOT take this class. I enrolled thinking it would be an easy GE and great way to get my Writing II requirement, but I could not have been more mistaken. The essays are graded extremely harshly, and no one I know has gotten an A on any of them. Although it is a low-workload course, you could put in 100% effort and easily still get a low B in this class. Also, my TA (Yoonha) grades her sections based on the quality of our analysis as opposed to how often we speak or show up to class - and when our analysis isn't good enough for her, she makes sure we know it. I almost feel like the expectation from the professor and TAs is that we're Com Lit majors, but in reality, we're all taking this class for a GE. Personally, I'm a political science major and thought my extensive writing/debate skills might help me to do well, but I've never felt worse about my writing ability in my life. There is no one I've talked to who likes this class, and I think I speak for everyone when I say: DON'T TAKE IT!!
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