User:Stevenarntson/English Composition/Introductions

My primary goal for this class is that we experiment with as many different kinds of writing as we possibly can, and I hope when the course is completed you'll have encountered some ideas that will positively impact your future practice.

Today

 * 1) In-class project: Stein.
 * 2) Writing types.
 * 3) Statement of Intent.
 * 4) Introduction to Wikiversity.

Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein, an early Modernist writer, adopted many painting techniques in her literary work. If a painter can do it, why not a writer?


 * Stein traded portraits with her friend, Pablo Picasso. He painted one of her, and she wrote one about him. Here is a recording of her reading it.
 * You can read a little bit about Stein on Wikipedia.
 * One of Stein's most famous works, Tender Buttons, is available at Wikisource, a sister project of Wikiversity.