2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Dec 30, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

ENGL 0276 - Writing About the Arts


Credits: 3

An introduction to the techniques of reviewing, criticizing, responding to, and defining the arts. Students may read classic and contemporary reviews of drama, film, dance, architecture, art, literature, food, television, and music, and will review various contemporary works and performances. Students may also read and write artists’ statements, manifestos, and ekphrastic poems and prose. The course will be useful for students who would like a better understanding of aesthetics, of the contemporary arts, and of the techniques of effective writing.

Prerequisites: ENGL 0101