Academic Writing and Reading

Source: Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams.  The craft of research . University of Chicago press, 2009. Episode Notes: keywords research, academic writing, source types, libraries, internet research, source evaluation, primary data, secondary sources, research ethics summary This conversation provides a comprehensive overview of academic research, focusing on the importance...

Source : Forsbakk, Anja Liberg. "“THEY FUCK YOU UP YOUR MUM AND DAD”: A study of family dynamics and genre in the work of James Baldwin." Master's thesis, NTNU, 2020. Keywords James Baldwin, parenting, family dynamics, literature, father-son relationships, race, masculinity, American literature, intersectionality, violence Summary This conversation delves into the themes of parenthoo...

Source: " Tillman, Beth. "Reaching toward the Reader: James Baldwin’s Voice in “Notes of a Native Son”."  James Baldwin Review  8, no. 1 (2022): 129-146. Keywords James Baldwin, authorial voice, racism, emotional evolution, father-son relationships, rhetorical techniques, empathy, academic writing, literary analysis, personal reflection Summary This conversation delves into the intr...

Source: Baldwin, James.  Notes of a native son . Beacon Press, 2012. James Baldwin on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PjGzpVTrOEw?si=--X7BRj8vvucKF9N

Another long episode, 2 hours. TL;DR is below: Argumentation in academic terms is a formal process that uses logical, emotional, and ethical appeals to persuade an audience, which may be skeptical, sympathetic, neutral, or hostile. Deduction follows the structure of a syllogism, where a major premise and a minor premise logically lead to a conclusion that must be accepted if both premises are true...

Source: Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell, Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide, Brief Edition, Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2015, 65-86. This is another long episode. A highly condensed summary of essential information below: Subjects are general areas of focus, while topics are specific aspects within those subjects. To narrow our focus, we choose a topic within our subj...

Source: Rich, Adrienne. "Claiming an Education." The Common Woman 1977. Accessed January 29, 2024. https://www.yorku.ca/cvandaal/files/ClaimingAnEducation.pdf. Additional Reading: Rich, Adrienne. *On Lies, Secrets, and Silence*. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995. Cited in Maria Popova. “Adrienne Rich on Why Education is Something You Claim, Not Something You Get.” The Marginalian, May 21,...

Because this episode is over one hour long, the following is a brief summary of chapter 11. Source: Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell, Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide , Brief Edition, Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2015, 321-372. Essays may compare two subjects or contrast two subjects but most often do both. Shorter papers may use a subject-by-subject structure with li...

Source: Teach 4 Democratic Education." In Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope , 58–67. New York: Routledge, 2003.

Bailey, Stephen. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students. 5th ed. Routledge, 2018. "Unit 1.6: Finding Key Points and Note Making" 122–137.

Bailey, Stephen. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students. 5th ed. Routledge, 2018. "Unit 1.4: Avoiding Plagiarism," 45–61.

Source: Bailey, Stephen. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students . 5th ed. Routledge, 2018. "Unit 1.4: Avoiding Plagiarism," 95–108.

An unabridged recording of the Academic Writing Syllabus for 2024/2025 at the American Studies Center of the University of Warsaw Show notes, email addresses and links: https://kampus-student2-2024.ckc.uw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=17263 ascwritinglab@uw.edu.pl https://www.asc.uw.edu.pl/students/academic-writing/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U https://owl.purdue.edu https://www.chicago...