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 Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankLind 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 Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankBlegen 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 Session09/05/2017 - 09/27/2017Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankVincent Hall 609/28/2017 - 10/03/2017Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankNolte Ctr for Continuing Educ 2010/04/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankVincent 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 Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 04:25PMUMTC, East BankLind 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
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