ENGL 103

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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 2025
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	34534	Lecture-Discussion	F	1:00PM -2:45PM	MWF	1027 Lincoln Hall	Labella, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/17/25-05/07/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course.
	60125	Lecture-Discussion	Q	9:30AM -12:00PM	TR	389 Education Building	Mortensen, P	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/17/25-05/07/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Credit: 3 hours Section Info: What good is fiction in a world hungry for truth? We’ll search for answers on familiar ground: the college campus. Fiction about collegiate life abounds. We’ll study it by reading novels and short stories that challenge us to imagine our place and ourselves differently, which is to say critically. The critical imagination sparked by fiction can reveal larger truths about humanity and its institutions. These truths may be beautiful or ugly, lasting or fleeting, comforting or disturbing, broadly accepted or sharply contested. Whatever the case, finding truths in fiction requires a particular kind of reading: close reading. The techniques and vocabulary of close reading will equip us to make arguments in writing, arguments aimed at persuading others to share (or at least appreciate) our understanding of what we have read. Fiction on the syllabus includes Jean Hanff Korelitz’s Admission, Richard Powers’ Galatea 2.2, Weike Wang’s Chemistry, and Richard Russo’s Straight Man. With Admission and Straight Man, we’ll use close reading to evaluate what happens when the truths of prose fiction are adapted for presentation to mass audiences on screen.