ENGL 175: Topics in Literature and Craft

2026-27

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours

Catalog page 370

Prerequisites: restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor

Description: Studies literature as craft and literatures of craft in the context of the long emergence of industrialization and conflicts with material, intellectual, and affective labor. Explores the craft of writing along with the literatures of kits, recipes, handbooks, guides, or prefabricated models, where following and breaking rules brings unique results. Course is repeatable as content or topic changes to a maximum of 8 units.