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
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Dependencies
Courses
ENGL300
is a
prerequisite
for:
Programs
ENGL300
is a
completion requirement
for: