Writing & Rhetoric 1: A History of Innocence: Stories We Tell About America

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Course Description

PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This course looks at several stories in American history, examining how and why and what these stories put forward for evidence. Texts will span a range of genres and topics including: essays and documentaries on race in America, journalism on ¿leftist paranoia,¿ and feminist perspectives on genius and power. Forfull course description see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1gmd. For all PWR 1 course videos and descriptions, visit the PWR 1 catalog https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-1Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.

Grading Basis

RLT - Letter (ABCD/NP)

Min

4

Max

4

Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?

No

Course Component

Seminar

Enrollment Optional?

No

Does this course satisfy the University Language Requirement?

No