| Spring 2012 | ENGL 200.2 | MW | 3:30 - 4:45 | DU270 |
Scott Balcerzak |
Title: LITERARY STUDY: RESEARCH AND CRITICISMCourse Description: Methods of critical analysis and scholarship as applied to major genres; conventions of writing English studies. Required of all majors and minors no later than the first semester of upper-division work in literature.
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| Detailed Course Description: The purpose of this class is to give students wishing to major or minor in English an overview of literary genres as well as enhance their abilities to discuss and write about literature. By reading and responding to a diverse range of works, students will learn many of the debates central to literary scholarship as well as build a vocabulary for discussing literature. These skills will then be applied to their writing. Students will also do library research on selected topics in literary studies.
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| Course Requirements: Three 5 page papers, quizzes on literary terms and works, library research assignment, final exam. Papers weigh most heavily.
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| Required Texts: Michael Meyer, ed., The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Ninth Ed. Bedford/St. Martins.; TBA e-reserve readings; Any MLA Style Manual (such as Diana Hacker, A Pocket Style Manual. Bedford/St.Martins). |
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