The class will examine several major essay writers from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, which will work as models to learn about the art of essay writing. These texts will also engage students with historical and cultural issues on which to reflect. Students will also use two textbooks on writing and reasoning. The main textbook will be Writing to Learn and the secondary textbook will be Reasoning and Writing Well.
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Year Taken: AY 14/15, Sem 1
To be honest, this module makes me feel bipolar. I love it, and I hate it too. I enjoy learning about the different philosophical theories and concepts, how classes always end early (2-hour seminars rather than 3), and that we spent one whole lesson on watching a movie, but I hate having to write the essays (i.e. applying the concepts we tried to learn). Stayed up till the wee hours to write them essays. Broke my record of not sleeping; one day I slept at 7 a.m ’cause I was writing the essay. And I’m still pending submission for the 2nd and final essay I’m going to write.
But anyway, this is a USP module, so only those in the USP will be taking it (as a core).
First essay: A- (frankly shocking)
Second essay: pending submissionThis review was reposted with the kind permission of Min. Originally published at https://dancingwithroses.wordpress.com/2014/11/10/ntu-modules-sem-1-201415/
June 27, 2021
