205-001 Approaches to the Study of Literature
Joyce HollingsworthMWF 12:00-12:50 MO 202
English 205 allows English majors and other students interested in scholarly writing and critical reading to study and apply major approaches to the analysis of literature, each student developing strategies based on literary theory, reading closely and in context. Emphasis is placed on writing and revising your own essays in response to readings in contemporary and historical poetry, prose, and drama. Papers include short analytical essays and two longer essays that approach their subjects in more depth. We will become a community of readers, expanding the conversation by using the library’s databases and other resources. We’ll practice using MLA style and the conventions of academic writing, editing, and proofreading to produce papers that get well-reasoned ideas a hearing. Texts include: Tyson, Critical Theory Today; Eliot, The Waste Land; Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby; Shakespeare, Hamlet; Schilb and Clifford, Making Literature Matter.
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