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| Spring 2012 | ENGL 200.3 | TTH | 11:00 - 12:15 | RH202 | MarkW VanWienen | |
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.PRQ: | ||||||
| Detailed Course Description:English 200 tackles fundamental questions and answers about literary studies. As a student in this course, you will be introduced to some of the customary ways of reading the literary genres of drama, poetry, and fiction. You will practice techniques of literary research and conventions of documentation. You can also expect to begin exploring the relationship between the meanings of the words on the page and the meanings that writers, readers, and cultures bring to them. | ||||||
| Course Requirements:Regular journal writing and quizzes; research exercise; three short essays; final exam; class attendance and participation in discussion mandatory. | ||||||
| Required Texts:Readings representative of a range of genres and historical periods, such as William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, Arna Bontemps’ American Negro Poetry, and Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems. Also, handbooks such as Diana Hacker’s Pocket Style Manual and Ross Murfin and Supria M. Ray’s Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. | ||||||
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