ENGL& 112 - Intro to Fiction

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

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

Course Description: The study of the formal strategies of novels and shorter fictional works. Course includes written and oral analysis of selected works.

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

Humanities Distribution Requirement

General Education Requirements:

Fulfills Engage General Education Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Recognize the way in which discussions of fiction as an art fit into the larger history of literature in general
Recognize the variety of narrative and non-narrative strategies used by writers of fiction
Recognize some of the assumptions which readers and critics of fiction bring to texts
Begin to develop their own set of assumptions and mode of inquiry for reading fiction
Use those to develop critical analyses of fiction works
Actively listen to different perspectives, cultures, and values and articulate those
Demonstrate the ability to apply another perspective

Course Contents

General history of fiction as an art and popular form
Relationship of historical periods to ways in which fiction is read
Different approaches to reading (close reading, psychoanalytic and social context, etc.)
Fictive techniques (the relation of story and plot structure, authorial presence and narrative voice, stylistic devices, narrative and non-narrative form, etc.)
The role of readers in fiction
Ways to write an analysis of work of fiction

Instructional Units: 5