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Introduction to English Studies

General

Prefix

ENGL

Course Number

300

Course Level

Undergraduate

Department/Unit(s)

College/School

College of Liberal Arts

Description

English as a field of study with emphasis on literary and rhetorical analysis. Strategies to interpret and create texts, including poetry, fiction, drama, and essay. Intended to be taken before advanced English courses.

Credits

Min

3

Max

3

Repeatable

No

Goals and Diversity

MN Goal Course

No

Cultural Diversity

No

Learning Outcomes

Outcome

Demonstrate close reading, based on recognizing nuances in vocabulary and language, tone, and imagery.

Outcome

Differentiate among points of view, perspectives, speakers in the text, and readers, whether the self or secondary critics. In literary texts, also differentiate between author and narrator.

Outcome

Invent questions both for class discussion and for writing, especially by situating texts in a range of contexts--theoretical, literary, rhetorical, social-historical, and applying the terms and concepts appropriate for those contexts.

Outcome

Interpret texts flexibly, including that multiple meanings are possible and, conversely, how individual interpretations sometimes can be wrong.

Outcome

Practice interpretive process, use logic and evidence to support interpretations, and show rhetorical awareness of writing for a particular purpose, audience, and situation.

Outcome

Analyze varying genres of texts and how their structural differences create differences in cultural expression.

Outcome

Apply appropriate terminology to the language and literary analysis of poetry.

Outcome

Grasp and interpret metaphor.

Outcome

Analyze symbolic artifacts, including texts, rhetorically for their purpose, effects, claims, appeals, warrants, evidence, and rebuttals.

Outcome

Analyze symbolic artifacts, including texts, by contextualizing them appropriately as they arise from and represent oral, written, print, and digital culture.

Course Outline

Course Outline

Key terms for literary study, and how to apply them to carry out inquiry. 20%. Key concepts from the field of rhetoric. 10% Differences in literary forms: poetry, the essay, fiction, drama. 15%. Academic essay writing skills. 15%. Poetics. 10%. Skills for close reading. 15%. Skills for developing awareness of diversity of interpretation. 15%.

Dependencies

Courses

ENGL300 is a prerequisite for:

Programs

ENGL300 is a completion requirement for: