ENGL 112
Introduction to Literary Criticism
Fall 2013
Division I
Writing Skills
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Class Details
What determines meaning? How we interpret is inevitably inflected by our own preoccupations, by the contexts in which we read, by the literary and other conventions influencing a work and by the historical and personal circumstances of its composition, as well as deriving from the particular words of a text and from the mutable life of language itself. So how to go about the task of reading literature well, and reading critically?
This course will focus on key introductory methods and critical approaches, and is intended both to develop your skills in reading, writing about, discussing and interpreting literary texts. Our readings–mainly short fiction and poetry, along with selected introductory work in critical theory–will invite increased self-consciousness about literary form, the functions of criticism, and the process of reading and interpretation. In the last weeks of the course, we will read longer texts, including at least one play and one novel.
The Class:
Format: discussion/seminar
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 1620
Grading: OPG
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 1620
Grading: OPG
Requirements/Evaluation:
four papers rising from 2 to 6 pages, and regular short reading response papers; active participation in class discussions
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
first-year students who have not taken or placed out of a 100-level English course
Distributions:
Division I
Writing Skills
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ENGL 112 - 01 (F) SEM Intro to Literary Criticism
ENGL 112 - 01 (F) SEM Intro to Literary CriticismDivision I Writing SkillsMR 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
Hopkins 4011620
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