ENGL 200

Spring 2018 All Classes

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Intro to the Study of Lit

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Credit: 3 hours.

Introduction to the study of literature, with an emphasis on interpretive theories and methods as well as the formal distinctions between the major literary genres. For majors only.

Enrollment in all sections of ENGL 200 is open only to English and Teaching of English Majors.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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ENGL 200 class schedule data for spring 2018
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
60132	Lecture-Discussion	F	2:00PM -3:15PM	MW	English Building	Cole, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Section Info: This course, which the English Department describes as “How To Be an English Major,” begins with the premise that literary texts are—or can be--agents of cultural change. English majors, ideally, are those people best trained to interpret the many relationships between literature and culture, partly because they are invested readers, and partly because they have developed a critical vocabulary for discussing the history, nature, meaning, and value of literary and cultural texts. This semester, we’ll read in detail two plays, six pieces of fiction, and a handful poems in order to develop interpretive, argumentative, and writing skills. I’ve chosen works united by a broad theme—the politics of being human—and that allow us to explore several different genres and subgenres. Texts include: William Shakespeare, The Tempest John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi Aphra Behn, Oroonoko and Other Writings H.G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart Octavia Butler, Kindred Helena Maria Viramontes, Under the Feet of Jesus
34519	Lecture-Discussion	M	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	Henry Administration Bldg	Parker, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Section Info: This course is your path to future courses in English literary studies—and to reading for the rest of your life. We will immerse ourselves in the specific strategies and pleasures of reading, interpreting, and discussing poetry, drama, and fiction and of writing intellectually rigorous and ambitious interpretive essays about what we read. Students should be prepared to attend class regularly, read regularly, join class discussion, and build on and expand beyond what they already know. [Please note: if you cannot regularly get up to arrive on time and alert for a 9:30 am class, or if you don’t want to speak in class, then this section is not for you.]
39032	Lecture-Discussion	P2	11:00AM -11:50AM	MWF	Lincoln Hall	Pollock, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Section Info: This course is designed to help students develop analytical skills that will be crucial to their success in 300- and 400-level courses in literary and cultural studies. We will spend several weeks on each of the three primary literary genres taught in the English Department—poetry, prose fiction, and drama—paying close attention both to the defining characteristics that distinguish the genres from one another and to the structural elements they have in common. Throughout the semester, we will build up a critical vocabulary for articulating persuasive, detailed, and evidence-based arguments about literary texts, and we will think about interpretation itself as a form of action with political, ethical, and social-historical implications. Possible authors include Jane Austen, Richard Blanco, Sadiqa de Meijer, Heid E. Erdrich, Laurie Ann Guerrero, Yusef Komunyakaa, Marianne Moore, Suzan-Lori Parks, Craig Santos Perez, William Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Adrienne Su, Natasha Trethewey, Ocean Vuong, and Walt Whitman. Requirements: three major essay projects, revision workshops, informal journal assignments, and regular class participation.