ENGL 175 Introduction to Literature

This course introduces literary genres (novel, short story, drama, poetry) and provides the general student with the terminology and standard techniques of literary analysis and explication. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent placement test score.

Credits

3.00 Credits

General Education Competency

Humanistic & Artistic Wayof Knowing

ENGL 175Introduction to Literature

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I. General Information

Department

II. Course Specification

General Education Competency

Humanistic & Artistic Wayof Knowing

Credit Hours Narrative

3.00 Credits

III. Catalog Course Description

This course introduces literary genres (novel, short story, drama, poetry) and provides the general student with the terminology and standard techniques of literary analysis and explication. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent placement test score.

IV. Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:

• Use literary elements, conventions, themes, and historical and literary contexts, distinctive to the genre at hand, to support meaningful interpretations of a novel, poem, short story, play, or prose piece.
• Contextualize the significance of a literary selection (novel, poem, short story, play, film, or prose piece) in an appropriate cultural, historical, thematic, and/or other relevant way.
• Discuss the significance of cultural, historical, thematic, and theoretical perspectives in interpreting literature.

V. Topical Outline (Course Content)

VI. Delivery Methodologies