ENGL 103

Spring 2021 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 25-May 5

Intro to Fiction

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Credit: 3 hours.

An introduction to the study of literature and literary history at the university level. Explores such topics as: the historical role and place of fictional narratives, the idea of genre, relationships between context and meaning in fictional works. Student will develop a critical vocabulary for interpreting and analyzing narrative strategies.

Credit is not given for both ENGL 103 and ENGL 109.

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

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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ENGL 103 class schedule data for spring 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	60125	Online	Q	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	n.a.	Oh, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Section Info: Introduction to Fiction - What is fiction and how does it work? Why do we care about imaginary things, places, events, and characters? This course will serve as an introduction to the genre of fiction and it will help you develop the skills you need to close read and analyze fiction, as well as to write about fiction argumentatively. We will work on becoming familiar with different elements and terms used to analyze fiction, such as point of view, frame, focalization, character, narrative voice, plot, story, tone, setting, symbolism, intertextuality, and theme, to name a few. We will also practice the skill of close textual reading and learn strategies for effective argumentative writing. These critical literary skills of close reading and argumentative writing are important for this class and will stand you in good stead any time you must communicate clearly and persuasively. Primary readings will be prose - novels and short stories. They may include: Anton Chekov’s “Misery,” Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Karen Tei Yamashita’s The Tropic of Orange, and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.