SCA Pro-Seminar: The Art of Research

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This course circles around the questions, (1) what is critique and (2) what can critical writing be and do? Over the course of the semester, we will read a wide range of texts that self-consciously ask how to write about what we are thinking and writing about while we are thinking and writing. Our readings will be drawn from a number of disciplines and interdisciplines, but we will also range beyond the university “proper” to engage -- and also practice -- more public forms of communicating scholarly research. This workshop-style class offers students a chance to reflect on the kinds of critical writing that speaks to them and also affords a chance to develop their own writerly voices in tandem with their research interests.