ENGL 175 Literature and Ideas*

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.

Credits

3 Credits

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

45

Semester Contact Hours Lab

0

Prerequisite

ENGL 101

General Education Competency

Humanistic & Artistic Way of Knowing

ENGL 175Literature and Ideas*

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I. General Information

Department

II. Course Specification

Course Type

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General Education Competency

Humanistic & Artistic Way of Knowing

Credit Hours Narrative

3 Credits

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

45

Semester Contact Hours Lab

0

Prerequisite Narrative

ENGL 101

Repeatable

No

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.

IV. Student Learning Outcomes

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

  • 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. 
  • 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. 

V. Topical Outline (Course Content)

VI. Delivery Methodologies