ENGL 206 - Introduction to Literature

PREREQUISITES: ENGL 111
PROGRAM: Liberal Arts
CREDIT HOURS: 3
LECTURE HOURS: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2019

Development of basic strategies for critically reading and interpreting poetry, fiction, and drama; introduction to the premises and motives of literary analysis and critical methods associated with various literary concerns through class discussion and focused writing assignments.

MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be expected to:

1. Develop an aesthetic appreciation for fiction, poetry, and drama through reading and discussing works of literature.
2. Develop greater expressive proficiency through a better understanding of such literary conventions as plot, setting, characterization, meter, imagery, symbolism, figurative language, dialogue, and other such matters of literary style.
3. Demonstrate a high degree of competency in the mechanical areas of writing in finished written projects, ranging from informal reading responses to formal expository essays.
4. Demonstrate an appropriate awareness to aid in the literary research and composition process.
5. Explore various thematic elements and compare treatment of such elements in the different genres and across cultures.
6. Understand the organizational principles of exposition, narration, description, and argumentation.
7. Identify perspective and point of view in a literary piece.

COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include - Modes of exposition

Analysis of poetry

Elements of style

Analysis of drama

The process of writing

Figurative language

Analysis of fiction

Comparative literature

Computer resources

Multicultural issues in literature