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 Department:    ENGL&

 Course #:    112

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    230801

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2019

 Course Description  

The study of the formal strategies of novels and shorter fictional works. Course includes written and oral analysis of selected works.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: Completed ENGL& 101 with a grade of 2.0 or higher.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Humanities  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Recognize the way in which discussions of fiction as an art fit into the larger history of literature in general
2. Recognize the variety of narrative and non-narrative strategies used by writers of fiction
3. Recognize some of the assumptions which readers and critics of fiction bring to texts
4. Begin to develop their own set of assumptions and mode of inquiry for reading fiction
5. Use those to develop critical analyses of fiction works
6. Actively listen to different perspectives, cultures, and values and articulate those
7. Demonstrate the ability to apply another perspective

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2018 and affects outlines for 2019 and later.

Engage

Definition: Interact with humans and the environment informed by an understanding of equity.

Course Contents

1. General history of fiction as an art and popular form
2. Relationship of historical periods to ways in which fiction is read
3. Different approaches to reading (close reading, psychoanalytic and social context, etc.)
4. Fictive techniques (the relation of story and plot structure, authorial presence and narrative voice, stylistic devices, narrative and non-narrative form, etc.)
5. The role of readers in fiction
6. Ways to write an analysis of work of fiction