ENGL& 111 - Introduction to Literature

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 55
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Course focuses on the process of reading, analyzing, and writing critical responses to a variety of literary texts from at least three different genres-with emphasis on cultural context.

Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a C or higher.
Distribution Requirements:

Humanities Distribution Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Identify the formal structural aspects of at least three different literary genres.
Identify relationships between cultural and historical concepts and literary form and content.
Read critically to understand literary themes and how they are treated.
Demonstrate a range of critical thinking skills in reading, discussing, and writing about literature.
Demonstrate the ability to apply diverse analytical frameworks to understand and interpret literature.
Demonstrate the ability to identify and describe how diverse perspectives about race, class, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, and/or culture are expressed through literature.

Course Contents

This class is designed to prepare students for upper-division literature courses. Class discussion and exercises will help students to analyze texts from various genres and to develop well-supported arguments about works of literature in their cultural and historical contexts. Students will practice close reading and other techniques of literary analysis.
Students may be exposed to a variety of critical approaches to literature, with a particular emphasis to be determined by the instructor.

Instructional Units: 5