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January 12:
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January 12:
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January 13:
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January 13:
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January 19:
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded)
January 19:
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January 26:
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded)
January 26:
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded)
February 2:
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded)
February 2:
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded)
February 23:
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded)
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Expanded Course Description
We are going to look very closely at sentences to see how they work, how the individual parts of speech draw together into syntax, and what effect (artistic and otherwise) these patterns of syntax create. The course will mix close study of sentence patterns with reflection upon their artful potential so that each of us can see and describe precisely why a passage we love is beautiful. Or why another passage is less compelling. The course text is Virginia Tufte’s Artful Sentences: Style as Syntax, a collection of and reflection upon artfulness in sentences. This book is the starting point for each of our own descriptive and analytic work. In individual projects and in our pooled observations, we will each develop a critical language based in grammar for describing prose style. We will be looking at our own sentences and academic writing in order to gain more artistic and technical facility. Throughout, we will reflect on the process of engaging with sentences at this level of detail. We may also, perhaps, enjoy the possibilities of English and have some fun with words.
