Harvard University
A private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Where Harvard University comes up1 episode or test
- 1Assign weekly paper300 words, every week
- 2Remember a human wrote itThe text didn't pre-exist
- 3Slow down on wordsWhy this word, not another?
- 4Question each markWhy a semicolon, not a period?
From Francine Prose, Harvard literature course
What was said about Harvard University
Prose taught Harvard students close reading by treating every word as a choice. Francine Prose taught literature at Harvard, assigning a 300-word paper every week and repeating that a human being wrote each text.
Her basis for teaching is that the text didn't pre-exist: a person decided each word and mark. Students slow down and ask why this word and not another, or a semicolon instead of a period. In her words: "you slow down and you just say why this word and why not another word".
This Is What a Harvard Writing Masterclass Feels Like (Francine Prose Interview)
Prose has taught literature there, assigning a 300-word paper every week and repeating that a human being wrote each text.
Prose taught Harvard students close reading by treating every word as a choice. Francine Prose taught literature at Harvard, assigning a 300-word paper every week and repeating that a human being wrote each text.
Her basis for teaching is that the text didn't pre-exist: a person decided each word and mark. Students slow down and ask why this word and not another, or a semicolon instead of a period. In her words: "you slow down and you just say why this word and why not another word".
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