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Spring 2025  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (54326)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025
Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 01:10PM
UMTC, East Bank
Enrollment Status:
Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
The word text derives from ancient terms for weaving, while the word analysis is linked to loosening and release. Any literary or popular text offers the reader a rich fabric of meanings to trace and set loose. This course will help deepen your understanding of what constitutes different kinds of texts (how stories, poems, and novels are woven) while allowing you to explore and practice methods of analysis that are important today.
Although this class is centered on methods and critical practices, our core texts (including historical classics and contemporary publications) will be united by a shared theme of wildness versus civilization. This thematic focus will let us explore how literature addresses a theme that is as old as human culture itself through radically different historical moments and textual forms. Over the course of the semester you will also develop a project to explore your own interests in a particular author, genre, theme, style, or period. Assignments will include informal exercises, an annotated bibliography, drafting and polishing essays, and a short panel-style presentation.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54326/1253
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2025  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (64802)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025
Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Enrollment Status:
Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64802/1253
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2024  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (17046)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024
Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Akerman Hall 317
Enrollment Status:
Open (2 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17046/1249
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2024  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (17045)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024
Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Smith Hall 121
Enrollment Status:
Open (5 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17045/1249
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2024  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (54992)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024
Tue, Thu 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 214
Enrollment Status:
Open (11 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54992/1243
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2024  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (52610)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 314
Enrollment Status:
Closed (26 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52610/1243
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2023  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (17333)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023
Mon, Wed 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 314
Enrollment Status:
Open (19 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17333/1239
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2023  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (17332)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 211
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17332/1239
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2023  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (17334)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023
Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 110
Enrollment Status:
Open (19 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17334/1239
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2023  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (65590)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023
Mon, Wed 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 314
Enrollment Status:
Open (9 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65590/1233
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2023  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (52982)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 214
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52982/1233
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2023  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (52739)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Mode
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023
Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 214
Enrollment Status:
Open (18 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52739/1233
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2022  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (17837)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Mode
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022
Mon, Wed 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 311
Enrollment Status:
Open (12 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17837/1229
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2022  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (17836)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Mode
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 311
Enrollment Status:
Open (22 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This semester, the course will be structured by three units: Non(?)-Fictions, Genre Fictions, and Metafictions. Course authors will (probably) include Capote, Agee, Bechdel, Austen, LeGuin, Nabokov, Borges, and Calvino. We will also watch a couple of films and analyze all kinds of student-curated miscellany. Students will have three writing assignments (a close reading, an annotated bibliography, and a final paper) take two short quizzes, and be assigned to a group for student-led discussion.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17836/1229
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2022  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (17838)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Mode
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022
Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 315
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17838/1229
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2022  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (18938)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022
Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Appleby Hall 219
Enrollment Status:
Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18938/1229
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2022  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (53905)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022
Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 115
Enrollment Status:
Open (18 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53905/1223
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2022  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (53622)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022
Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 214
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53622/1223
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2022  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (53717)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 01:10PM
UMTC, East Bank
Cooke Hall 215
Enrollment Status:
Open (16 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53717/1223
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2021  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (18871)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (22 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Class Format:
50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18871/1219
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 March 2018

Fall 2021  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (18872)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (14 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18872/1219
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2021  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (18873)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Tue, Thu 01:25PM - 03:20PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18873/1219
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 April 2017

Fall 2021  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (20124)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 01:10PM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 314
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20124/1219
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2021  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (49874)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Mode
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Mon, Wed 05:30PM - 07:25PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This semester, the course will be structured by three units: Non(?)-Fictions, Genre Fictions, and Metafictions. Course authors will (probably) include Capote, Agee, Bechdel, Austen, LeGuin, Nabokov, Borges, and Calvino. We will also watch a couple of films and analyze all kinds of student-curated miscellany. Students will have three writing assignments (a close reading, an annotated bibliography, and a final paper) take two short quizzes, and be assigned to a group for student-led discussion.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49874/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2021  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (49580)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 11:00AM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (17 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49580/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2021  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (49679)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
Instructor Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Mode
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 01:10PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Closed (26 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49679/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2020  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (13529)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Class Format:
50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13529/1209
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 March 2018

Fall 2020  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (13530)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13530/1209
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2020  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (13531)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020
Tue, Thu 01:25PM - 03:20PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
Class Description:
What's the difference between reading a novel for pleasure and reading it for a class? How do we perform "close readings"? Are literary texts inextricable from their historical contexts? And what, exactly, is the purpose of literary criticism? We'll pursue these questions in the course of exploring four distinct literary modes: short stories by James Joyce, a novel by Charles Dickens, lyric poems by Emily Dickinson, and an absurdist play by Luigi Pirandello. Our study of these primary texts will be supplemented by a selection of classic and contemporary essays, all of which model different critical approaches in creative and exciting ways. This is a writing-intensive course and you will craft two critical essays and several shorter responses across the semester. To help you develop the analytical methods that you'll deploy in these assignments, our class meetings will be discussion-based.
Who Should Take This Class?:
This class will help students at any level improve their close-reading and paper-writing skills.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13531/1209
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
26 April 2018

Fall 2020  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (14796)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
English major or minor or BIS/IDIM-English
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020
Mon, Wed 01:25PM - 03:20PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (19 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Class Format:
50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14796/1209
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 March 2018

Spring 2020  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (53406)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 325
Enrollment Status:
Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53406/1203
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 March 2018

Spring 2020  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (53103)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Mon, Wed 05:30PM - 07:25PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 215
Enrollment Status:
Open (14 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53103/1203
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2020  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (53204)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 217
Enrollment Status:
Closed (26 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This semester, the course will be structured by three units: Non(?)-Fictions, Genre Fictions, and Metafictions. Course authors will (probably) include Capote, Agee, Bechdel, Austen, LeGuin, Nabokov, Borges, and Calvino. We will also watch a couple of films and analyze all kinds of student-curated miscellany. Students will have three writing assignments (a close reading, an annotated bibliography, and a final paper) take two short quizzes, and be assigned to a group for student-led discussion.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53204/1203
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2019  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (16854)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Amundson Hall 158
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Class Format:
50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16854/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 March 2018

Fall 2019  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (16855)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 217
Enrollment Status:
Closed (26 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16855/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 March 2018

Fall 2019  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (16856)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Tue, Thu 01:25PM - 03:20PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 229
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16856/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 April 2017

Fall 2019  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (18169)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 07:25PM
UMTC, East Bank
Kolthoff Hall 133
Enrollment Status:
Open (20 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18169/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2019  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (53605)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 325
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53605/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 March 2018

Spring 2019  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (53282)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019
Tue, Thu 01:25PM - 03:20PM
UMTC, East Bank
Amundson Hall 120
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 24 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
What is a well-rounded character? What makes a character well-rounded? In an effort to find the answer to these two questions, fundamental to an appreciation of Literature, we will closely analyze a variety of stories, novels and novellas -- including Emma, Daisy Miller, The Dead and Maus -- as well as narrative poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge and Derek Walcott. You will be discouraged from looking at any literary criticism until after the middle of the semester, when my expectation is that because you will have looked so closely at a primary text, you'll be equipped to discriminate in your evaluation of any secondary ones.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Grading:
30% Final Exam
20% Class Participation
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: response papers and group presentations; 30% in-class essays
Class Format:
100% Discussion
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53282/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Spring 2019  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (53401)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019
Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 07:25PM
UMTC, East Bank
Akerman Hall 313
Enrollment Status:
Open (22 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53401/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2018  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (17085)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Amundson Hall 162
Enrollment Status:
Closed (27 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ismai004+ENGL3001W+Fall2018
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17085/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 March 2018

Fall 2018  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (17086)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Blegen Hall 215
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?farbe004+ENGL3001W+Fall2018
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Class Format:
50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17086/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 March 2018

Fall 2018  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (17087)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 125B
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eauyoung+ENGL3001W+Fall2018
Class Description:
What's the difference between reading a novel for pleasure and reading it for a class? How do we perform "close readings"? Are literary texts inextricable from their historical contexts? And what, exactly, is the purpose of literary criticism? We'll pursue these questions in the course of exploring four distinct literary modes: short stories by James Joyce, a novel by Charles Dickens, lyric poems by Emily Dickinson, and an absurdist play by Luigi Pirandello. Our study of these primary texts will be supplemented by a selection of classic and contemporary essays, all of which model different critical approaches in creative and exciting ways. This is a writing-intensive course and you will craft two critical essays and several shorter responses across the semester. To help you develop the analytical methods that you'll deploy in these assignments, our class meetings will be discussion-based.
Who Should Take This Class?:
This class will help students at any level improve their close-reading and paper-writing skills.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17087/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
26 April 2018

Fall 2018  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (18468)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Tue, Thu 05:30PM - 07:25PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 325
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?andre639+ENGL3001W+Fall2018
Class Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18468/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 April 2017

Spring 2018  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (50382)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Akerman Hall 313
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?fairg002+ENGL3001W+Spring2018
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts.

In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50382/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
1 September 2017

Spring 2018  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (50047)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Mon, Wed 01:25PM - 03:20PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 229
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?doshi016+ENGL3001W+Spring2018
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts.

In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50047/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
1 September 2017

Spring 2018  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (50170)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Tue, Thu 04:40PM - 06:35PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 320
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more. prereq: [English major or minor or approved BIS or IDIM program with English area]
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mccar757+ENGL3001W+Spring2018
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts.

In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50170/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
1 September 2017

Fall 2017  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (13973)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 229
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ismai004+ENGL3001W+Fall2017
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13973/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 April 2017

Fall 2017  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (13974)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Blegen Hall 145
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?scrog034+ENGL3001W+Fall2017
Class Description:
How do we read? The question may seem ridiculous at the surface, but for literary studies reading is much more than simply taking in the visual information on the page. Rather, reading can also be a practice of careful looking, sustained attention, and curiosity developed through observation and interaction with a text. Our class will explore how these close readings are approached and how such readings form the basis of literary analysis. We follow Jacques Derrida's assertion, "everything is a text...," to read various media including art, film, poetry, criticism and literature. In so doing, we aim to understand how our practices of close reading make meaning.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13974/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 April 2017

Fall 2017  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (13975)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 09/27/2017
Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Vincent Hall 6
 
09/28/2017 - 10/03/2017
Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nolte Ctr for Continuing Educ 20
 
10/04/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Vincent Hall 6
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?lcucullu+ENGL3001W+Fall2017
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested
!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13975/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 March 2017

Fall 2017  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (15420)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 325
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?craig026+ENGL3001W+Fall2017
Class Description:

The emphasis of this class will be on close reading. However, since it is titled "textual interpretation," we will also investigate what it might mean to read textually. As a concept, "text" emerged to challenge the notion of the (original) "work" of literature written by an author; and "reading" as an alternative to "interpretation." So we will necessarily interrogate these terms: literature, work, author, reading, interpretation and text, as well as others critical to the task of reading. Our discussions, as the syllabus should suggest, will be somewhat theoretical. But the primary focus of the class will be on reading fiction.


Who Should Take This Class?:
Anyone who has ever been accused of reading into something too much. Anyone who has frantically called up Sparknotes in response to an essay question about symbolism, motif, or theme. Anyone who has puzzled in front of a piece of modern art, desperately seeking a placard or tour guide to give you a clue. Anyone who often finds themselves drawn to the subtles or connections in art of literature that others overlook. Anyone interested!
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15420/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 April 2017

Spring 2017  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (50967)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 02/05/2017
Mon, Wed 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Akerman Hall 211
 
02/06/2017 - 02/09/2017
Mon, Wed 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Nolte Ctr for Continuing Educ 20
 
02/10/2017 - 05/05/2017
Mon, Wed 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Akerman Hall 211
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eauyoung+ENGL3001W+Spring2017
Class Description:
What's the difference between reading a novel for pleasure and reading it for a class? How do we perform "close readings"? Are literary texts inextricable from their historical contexts? And what, exactly, is the purpose of literary criticism? We'll pursue these questions in the course of exploring four distinct literary modes: short stories by James Joyce, a novel by Charles Dickens, lyric poems by Emily Dickinson, and an absurdist play by Luigi Pirandello. Our study of these primary texts will be supplemented by a selection of classic and contemporary essays, all of which model different critical approaches in creative and exciting ways. This is a writing-intensive course and you will craft two critical essays and several shorter responses across the semester. To help you develop the analytical methods that you'll deploy in these assignments, our class meetings will be discussion-based.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50967/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
29 September 2016

Spring 2017  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (50533)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 330
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?farbe004+ENGL3001W+Spring2017
Class Description:
This class introduces students to basic techniques of literary analysis by presenting straightforward approaches to some of the most powerful forms of English literature. We begin with the poetry of the self, discussing questions to ask of such poems and looking at the "self"; various poets present, the choices they make, and how they achieve their effects. We also think about what it might feel like to be that self through a number of light-hearted attempts at imitation. We turn next to Malory's story of King Arthur and the knights of the round table to discuss narrative that is not concerned with character development. We look finally at changes in what we think of as dramatic by comparing Monty Python's Holy Grail to Malory's and by examining Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Norman and Stoppard's Shakespeare in Love.
Class Format:
50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50533/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
15 March 2016

Spring 2017  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (50741)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Tue, Thu 04:40PM - 06:35PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 215
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?brogd007+ENGL3001W+Spring2017
Class Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50741/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
15 March 2016

Fall 2016  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (14124)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 10/23/2016
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 229
 
10/24/2016 - 10/27/2016
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Mechanical Engineering 18
 
10/28/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 229
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eauyoung+ENGL3001W+Fall2016
Class Description:
What's the difference between reading a novel for pleasure and reading it for a class? How do we perform "close readings"? Are literary texts inextricable from their historical contexts? And what, exactly, is the purpose of literary criticism? We'll pursue these questions in the course of exploring four distinct literary modes: short stories by James Joyce, a novel by Charles Dickens, lyric poems by Emily Dickinson, and an absurdist play by Luigi Pirandello. Our study of these primary texts will be supplemented by a selection of classic and contemporary essays, all of which model different critical approaches in creative and exciting ways. This is a writing-intensive course and you will craft two critical essays and several shorter responses across the semester. To help you develop the analytical methods that you'll deploy in these assignments, our class meetings will be discussion-based.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14124/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
15 March 2016

Fall 2016  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (14125)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 09/25/2016
Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 203
 
09/26/2016 - 09/29/2016
Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Mechanical Engineering 18
 
09/30/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 203
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?lcucullu+ENGL3001W+Fall2016
Class Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14125/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
15 March 2016

Fall 2016  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (14126)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 09/25/2016
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 203
 
09/26/2016 - 09/29/2016
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Mechanical Engineering 18
 
09/30/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 203
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ayahav+ENGL3001W+Fall2016
Class Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14126/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
15 March 2016

Fall 2016  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (15736)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 10/23/2016
Tue, Thu 04:40PM - 06:35PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 229
 
10/24/2016 - 10/26/2016
Tue, Thu 04:40PM - 06:35PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 315
 
10/27/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue, Thu 04:40PM - 06:35PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 229
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mober088+ENGL3001W+Fall2016
Class Description:
The word text derives from ancient terms for weaving, while the word analysis is linked to loosening and release. Any literary or popular text offers the reader a rich fabric of meanings to trace and set loose. This course will help deepen your understanding of what constitutes different kinds of texts (how stories, poems, and novels are woven) while allowing you to explore and practice methods of analysis that are important today.
Although this class is centered on methods and critical practices, our core texts (including historical classics and contemporary publications) will be united by a shared theme of wildness versus civilization. This thematic focus will let us explore how literature addresses a theme that is as old as human culture itself through radically different historical moments and textual forms. Over the course of the semester you will also develop a project to explore your own interests in a particular author, genre, theme, style, or period. Assignments will include informal exercises, an annotated bibliography, drafting and polishing essays, and a short panel-style presentation.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15736/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
27 July 2016

Spring 2016  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (53439)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 203
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?eauyoung+ENGL3001W+Spring2016
Class Description:
What's the difference between reading a novel for pleasure and reading it for a class? How do we perform "close readings"? Are literary texts inextricable from their historical contexts? And what, exactly, is the purpose of literary criticism? We'll pursue these questions in the course of exploring four distinct literary modes: short stories by James Joyce, a novel by Charles Dickens, lyric poems by Emily Dickinson, and an absurdist play by Luigi Pirandello. Our study of these primary texts will be supplemented by a selection of classic and contemporary essays, all of which model different critical approaches in creative and exciting ways. This is a writing-intensive course and you will craft two critical essays and several shorter responses across the semester. To help you develop the analytical methods that you'll deploy in these assignments, our class meetings will be discussion-based.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53439/1163
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 August 2015

Spring 2016  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (51304)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 203
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?craig026+ENGL3001W+Spring2016
Class Description:
This course is an advanced introduction to the content, concerns, and methods of English literary studies. It will focus on examples of the traditional major literary forms (poetry, drama, fiction) as well as film while also surveying theoretical and critical approaches to literature from Plato to the postmodern. In short, this class is an introduction to literary criticism. We will look at the history of critical approaches to imaginative writing from classical and Romantic poetics through formalism, New Criticism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, postcolonialism, queer theory, cultural studies and more. The critical history will run parallel to a study of select literary works, organized by genre, to bring these theoretical concepts into focus. We will read poetry by John Donne, John Keats, and T. S. Eliot; fiction by Virginia Woolf, Toni Morrison, and Kazuo Ishiguro; and drama by William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51304/1163
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 August 2015

Spring 2016  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (52596)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Akerman Hall 327
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ismai004+ENGL3001W+Spring2016
Class Description:
This course is an advanced introduction to the content, concerns, and methods of English literary studies. It will focus on examples of the traditional major literary forms (poetry, drama, fiction) as well as film while also surveying theoretical and critical approaches to literature from Plato to the postmodern. In short, this class is an introduction to literary criticism. We will look at the history of critical approaches to imaginative writing from classical and Romantic poetics through formalism, New Criticism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, postcolonialism, queer theory, cultural studies and more. The critical history will run parallel to a study of select literary works, organized by genre, to bring these theoretical concepts into focus. We will read poetry by John Donne, John Keats, and T. S. Eliot; fiction by Virginia Woolf, Toni Morrison, and Kazuo Ishiguro; and drama by William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52596/1163
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 August 2015

Spring 2016  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (51305)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016
Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Akerman Hall 313
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?sirc+ENGL3001W+Spring2016
Class Description:
This section is different from other sections of Textual Analysis: Methods in that we will practice the goals of 3001 (close reading, developing a critical voice, and surveying major trends in literary criticism) through a study of the work of one author, Henry James. My rationale: in order to most sensitively analyze an author's work, one needs to accumulate a kind of reading history with the author, so we will achieve as much of a history as we can through the course of a semester. Note: James can be a difficult author, but the quality of his writing, along with the scope of critical commentary on him, makes him an ideal subject of Textual Analysis. We will read a novel, a novella, many short stories, as well as letters, criticism, and other genres favored by James. In addition, we will look at the way thoughtful critics, through the years, practiced their own methods of Textual Analysis on the work in the James canon we study.
Grading:
70% Reports/Papers
10% Reflection Papers
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation
Class Format:
35% Lecture
50% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
50 Pages Writing Per Term
6 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51305/1163
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 August 2015

Fall 2015  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (10888)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 215
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?krie0210+ENGL3001W+Fall2015
Class Description:
How do we read texts analytically? Are `reading for pleasure? and `reading analytically? necessarily mutually exclusive practices? What tools and concepts can we gain from literary theory and criticism? In this course, students will become familiar with key movements in the history of literary theory and critical practice from Plato to the present, and our emphasis will be on forming a repertoire of practical analytical tools. Our testing ground for these tools and ideas will primarily be nineteenth-century literature and may include works by George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Christina Rossetti, and William Butler Yeats.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10888/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 August 2015

Fall 2015  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (10889)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Amundson Hall 156
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ismai004+ENGL3001W+Fall2015
Class Description:
This course is an advanced introduction to the content, concerns, and methods of English literary studies. It will focus on examples of the traditional major literary forms (poetry, drama, fiction) as well as film while also surveying theoretical and critical approaches to literature from Plato to the postmodern. In short, this class is an introduction to literary criticism. We will look at the history of critical approaches to imaginative writing from classical and Romantic poetics through formalism, New Criticism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, postcolonialism, queer theory, cultural studies and more. The critical history will run parallel to a study of select literary works, organized by genre, to bring these theoretical concepts into focus. We will read poetry by John Donne, John Keats, and T. S. Eliot; fiction by Virginia Woolf, Toni Morrison, and Kazuo Ishiguro; and drama by William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10889/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 August 2015

Fall 2015  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (10890)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 01:10PM
UMTC, East Bank
Ford Hall B53
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ascheil+ENGL3001W+Fall2015
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well any students interested in and attracted to literature and reading. Our concern will be to develop the intellectual foundations to move past our base, instinctive reactions to literature to deeper modes of reading, interpretation, and written analysis/argument. Our goal will be to develop the skills of slow-motion, skeptical reading: to savor the crafting of literary form and to explore how literary rhetoric engages our intellect and emotions; to read not simply for superficial content, but to engage and question the multi-faceted operation of literary texts. In the course of our ongoing, skeptical close reading, a number of other related issues in higher-order literary criticism and literary theory will naturally arise and enter our conversation: the role of the author and the reader in interpretation, the importance of contexts (biography, genre, literary history, social history), the subjective nature of interpretation, the ethics and purpose of literature, the history of literary study and its institutions, and so forth. In terms of foundational writing skills for the English major, we will work on the development of compelling written literary arguments by breaking the writing process down into various phases. We will work with the basics of argumentation: developing a strong, coherent thesis, drafting, the logic of argument, revision, proper citation and effective use of primary and secondary sources, and more.
Grading:
commentary on passages
Exam Format:
15% Final Exam
60% Reports/Papers
15% Class Participation
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: short writing assignments/reports
Class Format:
25% Lecture
75% Discussion
Workload:
50+ Pages Reading Per Week
15+ Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10890/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 August 2015

Fall 2015  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (17080)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue, Thu 04:40PM - 06:35PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 340
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?coble015+ENGL3001W+Fall2015
Class Description:
In this course, we will apply a variety of methods of textual analysis to a few rich, key texts in genres ranging from poetry and the short story to early modern drama. Poetry will be examined with an eye to close reading and analysis of form, meter, and sequence. We will also compare short stories written by American and Middle Eastern authors and articulate the ways in which writing is, in part, a reflection of culture, background, and history. Lastly, the class will analyze Shakespeare's Hamlet using a variety of theoretical lenses and approaches learned over the course of the semester. By the end of course, we will have become proficient in applying a variety of methods of textual analysis to a wide array of texts.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17080/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 August 2015

Fall 2015  |  ENGL 3001W Section 005: Textual Analysis: Methods (31388)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue, Thu 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Elliott Hall N647
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?squir080+ENGL3001W+Fall2015
Class Description:
This course is an advanced introduction to the content, concerns, and methods of English literary studies. It will focus on examples of the traditional major literary forms (poetry, drama, fiction) as well as film while also surveying theoretical and critical approaches to literature from Plato to the postmodern. In short, this class is an introduction to literary criticism. We will look at the history of critical approaches to imaginative writing from classical and Romantic poetics through formalism, New Criticism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, postcolonialism, queer theory, cultural studies and more. The critical history will run parallel to a study of select literary works, organized by genre, to bring these theoretical concepts into focus. We will read poetry by John Donne, John Keats, and T. S. Eliot; fiction by Virginia Woolf, Toni Morrison, and Kazuo Ishiguro; and drama by William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde.
Grading:
70% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
10% Class Participation
Class Format:
30% Lecture
60% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31388/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 August 2015

Spring 2015  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (53893)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015
Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Amundson Hall 120
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
What's the difference between reading a novel for pleasure and reading it for a class? How do we perform "close readings"? Are literary texts inextricable from their historical contexts? And what, exactly, is the purpose of literary criticism? We'll pursue these questions in the course of exploring four distinct literary modes: short stories by James Joyce, a novel by Charles Dickens, lyric poems by Emily Dickinson, and an absurdist play by Luigi Pirandello. Our study of these primary texts will be supplemented by a selection of classic and contemporary essays, all of which model different critical approaches in creative and exciting ways. This is a writing-intensive course and you will craft two critical essays and several shorter responses across the semester. To help you develop the analytical methods that you'll deploy in these assignments, our class meetings will be discussion-based.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53893/1153
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
1 October 2013

Spring 2015  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (51470)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015
Mon, Wed 12:10PM - 02:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Amundson Hall 162
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51470/1153

Spring 2015  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (52910)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015
Mon, Wed 04:40PM - 06:35PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 340
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
What is literary criticism and how does it help you become a better reader? This course provides a general guide to the primary modes of textual analysis using past and present literature from the Mediterranean region. As an intersection between Asia, Africa, and Europe, the Mediterranean continues to be a place rich in literary forms and approaches to the art of writing. The first half of the class will work through texts considered at the core of the literary canon (such as Virgil's Aeneid and Dante's Inferno) as well as texts that challenge traditional understandings of the canon. Here, we will especially investigate connections between literature, history, and culture. The second half of the course will focus on more modern writing from the Mediterranean (including authors from Italy, Albania, Turkey, and Egypt) who all model distinct critical approaches and offer unique insights into life in the Mediterranean today.
Class Format:
30% Lecture
10% Film/Video
60% Discussion
Workload:
3 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52910/1153
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
27 October 2014

Spring 2015  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (51471)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015
Tue, Thu 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Ford Hall B10
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This course is an advanced introduction to the content, concerns, and methods of English literary studies. It will focus on examples of the traditional major literary forms (poetry, drama, the novel, the short story) as well as film, performance, and visuals while also surveying theoretical and critical approaches to literature from Plato to the postmodern. In short, this class is an introduction to literary criticism. We will look at the history of critical approaches to imaginative writing from classical and Romantic poetics through formalism, New Criticism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, postcolonialism, queer theory, cultural studies and more. The critical history will run parallel to a study of select literary works, organized by genre, to bring these theoretical concepts into focus. We will read poetry by John Donne, John Keats, Emily Dickinson, Robert Browning, T. S. Eliot, and Anne Carson; fiction by Emily Bronte, James Joyce, and Kazuo Ishiguro; and drama by William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, and Samuel Beckett.
Grading:
70% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
10% Class Participation
Class Format:
30% Lecture
60% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51471/1153
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
14 November 2014

Spring 2015  |  ENGL 3001W Section 005: Textual Analysis: Methods (56690)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 215
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry. prereq: English major or minor or premajor or BIS/IDIM-English
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This semester, the course will be structured by three units: Non(?)-Fictions, Genre Fictions, and Metafictions. Course authors will (probably) include Capote, Agee, Bechdel, Austen, LeGuin, Nabokov, Borges, and Calvino. We will also watch a couple of films and analyze all kinds of student-curated miscellany. Students will have three writing assignments (a close reading, an annotated bibliography, and a final paper) take two short quizzes, and be assigned to a group for student-led discussion.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56690/1153
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
28 October 2014

Fall 2014  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (10964)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014
Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 415
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10964/1149

Fall 2014  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (10965)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:55PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 112
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10965/1149

Fall 2014  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (10966)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Akerman Hall 313
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/10966/1149

Fall 2014  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (17699)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014
Mon, Wed 04:40PM - 06:35PM
UMTC, East Bank
Amundson Hall 120
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This course is designed for English majors and minors, as well as any students interested in reading and literature. The goal of the course is to provide an introduction to textual analysis, as a means of moving past initial reactions to an experience with a text. We will practice methods of close reading and consider of how issues of form, rhetoric, and context impact our reading experience and a text's ability to engage with audiences. This course will help students develop foundational practices of close reading, while introducing students to basics of literary criticism and literary theory (New Criticism, Structuralism, Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, Queer Studies, Marxism, Historicism, and Post Colonial Studies). We will aim to place texts both in their historical context and in the context of literary theory. In doing so, we will examine a variety of genres (poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama) and time periods. This course is a writing intensive course. We will emphasize the construction of a compelling literary argument as part of a process: developing an argumentative thesis, drafting, revision, citation, and the effective use of both primary and secondary sources.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17699/1149
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
17 April 2013

Spring 2014  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (58964)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Amundson Hall 162
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/58964/1143

Spring 2014  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (56407)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014
Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 229
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This section is different from other sections of Textual Analysis: Methods in that we will practice the goals of 3001 (close reading, developing a critical voice, and surveying major trends in literary criticism) through a study of the work of one author, Henry James. My rationale: in order to most sensitively analyze an author's work, one needs to accumulate a kind of reading history with the author, so we will achieve as much of a history as we can through the course of a semester. Note: James can be a difficult author, but the quality of his writing, along with the scope of critical commentary on him, makes him an ideal subject of Textual Analysis. We will read a novel, a novella, many short stories, as well as letters, criticism, and other genres favored by James. In addition, we will look at the way thoughtful critics, through the years, practiced their own methods of Textual Analysis on the work in the James canon we study.
Grading:
70% Reports/Papers
10% Reflection Papers
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation
Class Format:
35% Lecture
50% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
50 Pages Writing Per Term
6 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56407/1143
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
25 October 2013

Spring 2014  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (56408)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014
Tue, Thu 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Akerman Hall 327
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56408/1143

Spring 2014  |  ENGL 3001W Section 005: Textual Analysis: Methods (62016)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014
Mon, Wed 04:40PM - 06:35PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 217
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
What's the difference between reading a novel for pleasure and reading it for a class? How do we perform "close readings"? Are literary texts inextricable from their historical contexts? And what, exactly, is the purpose of literary criticism? We'll pursue these questions in the course of exploring four distinct literary modes: short stories by James Joyce, a novel by Charles Dickens, lyric poems by Emily Dickinson, and an absurdist play by Luigi Pirandello. Our study of these primary texts will be supplemented by a selection of classic and contemporary essays, all of which model different critical approaches in creative and exciting ways. This is a writing-intensive course and you will craft two critical essays and several shorter responses across the semester. To help you develop the analytical methods that you'll deploy in these assignments, our class meetings will be discussion-based.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/62016/1143
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
1 October 2013

Spring 2014  |  ENGL 3001W Section 006: Textual Analysis: Methods (69002)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, East Bank
Akerman Hall 227
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This course provides an introduction to the practical criticism of British and American fiction, drama, and poetry. The primary course objectives are: to develop close/critical reading skills; to analyze works of literature in their historical/cultural contexts; and to appreciate and practice multiple methods of literary criticism.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69002/1143
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
12 November 2012

Fall 2013  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (16624)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Rapson Hall 45
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16624/1139

Fall 2013  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (16625)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed 04:40PM - 06:35PM
UMTC, East Bank
Kolthoff Hall 137
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This course provides an introduction to the practical criticism of British and American fiction, drama, and poetry. The primary course objectives are: to develop close/critical reading skills; to analyze works of literature in their historical/cultural contexts; and to appreciate and practice multiple methods of literary criticism.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16625/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
12 November 2012

Fall 2013  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (16626)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Amundson Hall 116
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
What's the difference between reading a novel for pleasure and reading it for a class? How do we perform ?close readings?? Are literary texts inextricable from their historical contexts? And what, exactly, is the purpose of literary criticism? We'll pursue these questions in the course of exploring four distinct literary modes: short stories by James Joyce, a novel by Charles Dickens, lyric poems by Emily Dickinson, and an absurdist play by Luigi Pirandello. Our study of these primary texts will be supplemented by a selection of classic and contemporary essays, all of which model different critical approaches in creative and exciting ways. This is a writing-intensive course and you will craft two critical essays and several shorter responses across the semester. To help you develop the analytical methods that you'll deploy in these assignments, our class meetings will be discussion-based.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16626/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
12 September 2013

Fall 2013  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (23683)

Instructor(s)
Joseph Hughes
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 215
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23683/1139

Spring 2013  |  ENGL 3001W Section 001: Textual Analysis: Methods (54293)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 320
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54293/1133

Spring 2013  |  ENGL 3001W Section 002: Textual Analysis: Methods (51604)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 229
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
"Textual Analysis" provides majors with background on the history and culture of literary studies and practice in applying different theoretical and critical approaches to literary works to guide their present and future studies. Students will read one play, a few novels, several short stories and poems, one graphic novel, and select criticism and theory. Course authors will include Poe, Hawthorne, James, Gilman, Blake, Keats, Whitman, Eliot, Stein, Joyce, Woolf, Hemingway, Toomer, Kafka, Borges, Ginsberg, Plath, Berryman, Ellison, Baraka, Nabokov, Pynchon, Foer, Egan, and Bechdel. We will also watch a couple of films and listen to some music. Students will have three writing assignments (the Close Reading, the Critical Application, and the Critical Edition) take two short quizzes, and be assigned to a group for student-led discussion.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51604/1133
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
16 November 2012

Spring 2013  |  ENGL 3001W Section 003: Textual Analysis: Methods (51605)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013
Wed, Fri 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 303
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51605/1133

Spring 2013  |  ENGL 3001W Section 004: Textual Analysis: Methods (53147)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013
Tue, Thu 04:40PM - 06:20PM
UMTC, East Bank
Amundson Hall 156
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
"Textual Analysis" provides majors with background on the history and culture of literary studies and practice in applying different theoretical and critical approaches to literary works to guide their present and future studies. Students will read one play, a few novels, several short stories and poems, one graphic novel, and select criticism and theory. Course authors will include Poe, Hawthorne, James, Gilman, Blake, Keats, Whitman, Eliot, Stein, Joyce, Woolf, Hemingway, Toomer, Kafka, Borges, Ginsberg, Plath, Berryman, Ellison, Baraka, Nabokov, Pynchon, Foer, Egan, and Bechdel. We will also watch a couple of films and listen to some music. Students will have three writing assignments (the Close Reading, the Critical Application, and the Critical Edition) take two short quizzes, and be assigned to a group for student-led discussion.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53147/1133
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
16 November 2012

Spring 2013  |  ENGL 3001W Section 005: Textual Analysis: Methods (57709)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013
Tue, Thu 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 325
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Close/critical reading, placing literature in history/culture. Idea of multiple approaches to literary works. Analysis of various literary forms, including poetry.
Class Notes:
All seats are reserved for students with declared English major or minor programs, or with approved IDIM or BIS programs with an English area.
Class Description:
This course provides an introduction to the practical criticism of British and American fiction, drama, and poetry. The primary course objectives are: to develop close/critical reading skills; to analyze works of literature in their historical/cultural contexts; and to appreciate and practice multiple methods of literary criticism.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57709/1133
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
12 November 2012

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