ENG 201 - Introduction to Literary Studies (1)

Introduction to Literary Studies 2022 Spring Block 6 Serving as the foundation course for majors in English and Creative Writing, the course introduces students to methods of reading, analyzing, and interpreting literature. Focus on understanding conventions and technical aspects of a literary work and on introduction to multiple genres of literature. Students do close reading and are introduced to additional methods of critical inquiry involving literature. Shows students how to apply critical and literary vocabulary, and to develop writing and research skills. This section begins with the play W;it, segues to the sonnet, leaps to Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, a essay/novel by Virginia Woolf, a graphic novel and a Marvel comic, engages with FIRE! The 1926 literary and art magazine of the Harlem Renaissance, and ends with the poignant Korean fable/novel, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang.
(Humanities) (Writing Encounter)