Ways of Reading: Literary Form and Forms
ENGL 201J
Fall 2014
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01
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"Ways of Reading" introduces students to the characteristics thought of as literary and the methods for studying them. This is a gateway course into the English major, and only one of the ENGL201 series may be taken for credit.
"Ways of Reading" courses develop strategies for careful and close reading, and techniques for the analysis of literary forms such as poetry, drama, and prose narratives such as novels and short stories. They familiarize students with some of the protocols of the literary-critical essay, examine the idea of literature as a social institution, and explore ways of connecting textual details and the world beyond the text. The ways of reading learned in the course are powerful tools for critically assessing discourses that expand far beyond the realm of literature. So while students will become adept literary critics, they also will learn quickly that to be a literary critic is to read critically and carefully all the time: in poems, novels, and plays; but also in political speech, in popular culture, and in the discourses that shape everyday life.
This "Ways of Reading" course focuses on the techniques of interpretation, beginning with words and tropes like metaphor and metonymy and advancing to narrative theory. It introduces students to different theoretical approaches to the text, including formalist, psychoanalytic, cultural and New Historicist studies. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Selected lyric poems, Shakespeare's Macbeth, Dickens's Great Expectations.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Six short essays |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
A dictionary of literary terms and a handbook of style, including rules of punctuation and citation. |
| Instructor(s): Friedberg,Harris A. Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: RLANB2; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 1 | | |
| Seats Available: 6 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 17 | FR: 1 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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