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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ENGL 206 - Introduction to Literature
PREREQUISITES: ENGL 111 - English Composition
PROGRAM: Liberal Arts
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2019
Development of basic strategies for critically reading and interpreting poetry, fiction, and drama; introduction to the premises and motives of literary analysis and critical methods associated with various literary concerns through class discussion and focused writing assignments.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be expected to:
- Develop an aesthetic appreciation for fiction, poetry, and drama through reading and discussing works of literature.
- Develop greater expressive proficiency through a better understanding of such literary conventions as plot, setting, characterization, meter, imagery, symbolism, figurative language, dialogue, and other such matters of literary style.
- Demonstrate a high degree of competency in the mechanical areas of writing in finished written projects, ranging from informal reading responses to formal expository essays.
- Demonstrate an appropriate awareness to aid in the literary research and composition process.
- Explore various thematic elements and compare treatment of such elements in the different genres and across cultures.
- Understand the organizational principles of exposition, narration, description, and argumentation.
- Identify perspective and point of view in a literary piece.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Modes of exposition
- Analysis of poetry
- Elements of style
- Analysis of drama
- The process of writing
- Figurative language
- Analysis of fiction
- Comparative literature
- Computer resources
- Multicultural issues in literature
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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