Spring 2018 | ENGL 1501W Section 001: Literature and Public Life (50445)
- 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:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 10:10AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 158
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?leste101+ENGL1501W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A serviceÂ-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50445/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Spring 2018 | ENGL 1501W Section 002: Literature and Public Life (51277)
- 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:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 116
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (19 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?popie007+ENGL1501W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Literature and Public Life: Gender, Race and Citizenship. Our section of this class will explore race, gender and citizenship and consider questions of public life through literature. We will read a broad selection of non-fiction, poetry, and fictional works that question gender, citizenship, race, and economic and social justice. This writing-intensive course requires you to respond to social justice issues in writing--and to encourage your own participation in public life, a service-learning option will give you the chance to collaborate with others on projects that serve the common good. Students will ultimately complete a project of their own devising. Likely course texts include work by authors such as Ta-Nehisi Coates, bell hooks, Sherman Alexie, Audre Lorde, Sophocles, and Claudia Rankine.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students who have sufficient free time to complete the required 24 extra hours (outside of class time, in addition to our normal reading and writing requirements) of off-campus service learning work.
- Workload:
- The class is a service learning course, which requires, among other things, two hours of service work in the community outside the university (service learning FAQ here http://www.servicelearning.umn
.edu/info/FAQ.html ). This extra outside work is in addition to our normal class reading, writing, and discussion assignments. This is a required 24 hours of extra work outside the classroom over the course of the semester. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51277/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 November 2017
Spring 2018 | ENGL 1501W Section 003: Literature and Public Life (51278)
- 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:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 04:25PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 313
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?piste004+ENGL1501W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This section of Literature and Public Life will be an introduction to college-level English literary study with a focus on the political, historical, and cultural dimensions of creative writing. In short, we will treat the "and" in the course title as provoking a question: what is the relationship of literature to public life? We will explore how plays, poems, stories, novels, and films help us to conceive of ourselves as citizens, subjects, or individuals; allow us to think through questions of power and identity (such as race, gender, class, and sexuality); invite us to reflect on our relationship to nature, technology, and spirituality; and prompt us to ethical thought about our responsibilities to others. In the end, we will ask how the very concept of what it means to be human has changed in the last several centuries. Our study will be organized historically, moving from a 17th-century drama to a 2017 novel, to show how literature has affected and been affected by shifts in political and cultural consciousness. To aid our inquiry, we will also consult literary criticism and scholarship. This writing-intensive course also requires you to respond to the themes of the course in formal and informal written work; and to encourage your own participation in public life, a community-engaged-learning option will give you the chance to collaborate with others on projects that serve the common good. By the end of this course, you will have become familiar with the basic characteristics of drama, poetry, fiction, and film; you will have had an introduction to the major artistic and political currents of modern literature; you will have become familiar with the modes and methods of literary criticism; you will have reflected on the connections among political ideology, social organization, and fiction; you will have developed writing skills in several genres (narration, exposition, analysis, reflection, argumentation); and you will have had the opportunity to think through the connection between imaginative literature and everyday public life in America.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51278/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 November 2017
Spring 2018 | ENGL 1501W Section 004: Literature and Public Life (51279)
- 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:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 08:00AM - 09:55AMUMTC, East BankKolthoff Hall 138
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phil0740+ENGL1501W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A serviceÂ-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
SECTION SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION:
In this course we will navigate and investigate the types of narrative, such as biography and autobiography, that rely on a pact with the reader in regard to what Sidonie Smith calls the
"vital statistics" of the subject narrated, a pact that depends on those "rules of evidence that link the world of the narrative with a historical world outside the narrative." But we will do so through texts that require the reader to also be a viewer - namely, COMICS. By focusing on a medium that is both a unique art form and a hybrid of word and image we will use our readings, discussion, writing, and service learning project to explore the ways we tell stories about ourselves and about others within the context of a readerly pact that assumes some historical and "real world"
veracity. We will also explore the way that the telling and/or visualization of those stories transform their subjects.We have the unique opportunity to take advantage of placements working at and with partner organizations around the cities through the community service learning program at the University. There is no better way to learn civic engagement, to connect to the stories of others, and to discover your own story than by doing service in the community to which you belong. It can be easy at a school so large as the University of Minnesota to imagine that you belong to the University community, over and above the city in which the University is located. This is a story about your life that is encouraged, to a certain extent, by the school itself. But it's not the only story that you might be able to tell about the communities you engage with on a daily basis.
The course takes a tri-fold approach of focusing on (1) comics as our medium, (2) life writing - biography and autobiography - as our genre, and (3) public life and community engagement as our impetus.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51279/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 November 2017
Spring 2018 | ENGL 1501W Section 005: Literature and Public Life (51280)
- 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:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankAppleby Hall 226
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?licht003+ENGL1501W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A serviceÂ-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Grading:
- 55% Special Projects
30% Reflection Papers
15% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
60% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities This course has a service-learning option that requests 20-25 hours over the semester. Non-service learning students will develop independent projects that request a similar time investment. - Workload:
- 20-100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: Written work for this class takes the form of short informal essays and an oral history project. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51280/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Spring 2018 | ENGL 1501W Section 006: Literature and Public Life (51419)
- 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:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 01:25PM - 03:20PMUMTC, East BankBlegen Hall 135
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tandy004+ENGL1501W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A serviceÂ-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Grading:
- Grading will be based on both informal and formal writing, participation in small groups and whole-class discussions, and other short assignments. If you choose to take this class "S/N" please note that in order for your performance to be considered "Satisfactory" you must complete all of the major assignments. You cannot decide that you have enough points and just not submit one.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51419/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Spring 2018 | ENGL 1501W Section 007: Literature and Public Life (52699)
- 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:
- Community Engaged LearningUMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankScience Teaching Student Svcs 144
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A service-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?roth0042+ENGL1501W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course explores how literary language builds the collective knowledge, shared reality, and civic relationships that make up public life. Literature's power in the public sphere goes far beyond the quiet, solitary experience of reading. We will investigate how telling stories, documenting events, imagining possibilities, communicating ideals, representing conflict, and even creating fictional characters contribute to public life. Through a wide variety of texts, we will reflect on the nature of public life and on how reading and writing build civic relationships and democratic potential. This course will also offer you two tracks for actively engaging in public life. A serviceÂ-learning option will give you the experience of building literacy, developing skills in communication and public media, and strengthening roles in work and family. This recommended learning framework can engage your role as a citizen, broaden the impact of your education, and help you explore potential professional interests. Alternatively, an individually designed public project will prompt you to consider the links between literary/media culture, personal action, and public life, and to make your own intervention in these fields. To succeed in all areas of this class you must display active engagement, independent thinking and motivation, and organization.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52699/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
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