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Spring 2019 | ENGL 1701 Section 001: Modern Fiction (53379)
- Instructor(s)
- Delaney FitzPatrick (Proxy)Margaret Heeschen (Proxy)Bomi Jeon (Proxy)Jen-chou Liu (Proxy)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankBell Museum Of Natural History 100
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (238 of 240 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In Modern Fiction, we will study a selection of novels and short stories by some of the most compelling and original writers of our time. We will read work by contemporary authors and classic modernists whose stylistic innovations influenced a generation. Because literature is a continuum in which the present responds to the past, we'll note evolutions and developments in the genre over time. We will identify and analyze such elements of fiction as theme, genre, structure, form, language, and context.
- Class Description:
- Our course examines various works of modern and postmodern fiction and, in so doing, considers the relationship between the cultural preoccupations of the present and the recent past. We'll read contemporary texts by Egan, Flynn, and Harbach, as well as older works by Kafka and Faulkner, among others. Students can expect to write two essays, engage in three to five seminar discussions, and complete three short exams.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53379/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 March 2017
Spring 2019 | ENGL 1701 Section 002: Modern Fiction (54480)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankAppleby Hall 102
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In Modern Fiction, we will study a selection of novels and short stories by some of the most compelling and original writers of our time. We will read work by contemporary authors and classic modernists whose stylistic innovations influenced a generation. Because literature is a continuum in which the present responds to the past, we'll note evolutions and developments in the genre over time. We will identify and analyze such elements of fiction as theme, genre, structure, form, language, and context.
- Class Description:
"Fiction" has always had an equalizing potential at its heart. It is our most "modern" genre, and as such, I could have justified choosing novels from the early 1700s and short fiction from the 1800s. At its origins fiction was a disreputable beast, and as such had a freedom to push boundaries and misbehave in ways that its eminent and established older cousin, poetry, could not. Since the 19th century, short fiction and novels have maintained a nicely balanced space between experimentation and accessibility, while at the same time reminding us that stories are central to the human condition; every human culture tells stories. They define us: as individuals, as families, as societies, as humans.
A note on the texts: You must have the 3 novels in print format. Electronic texts are not acceptable for this course.
A disclaimer: You should be aware that some of the assigned readings for this course contain vulgar language and explicit (and frequently non-judgmental) depictions of violence, sex, and substance abuse, as well as other adult themes.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54480/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 July 2018
Spring 2019 | ENGL 1701 Section 003: Modern Fiction (54565)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 302
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In Modern Fiction, we will study a selection of novels and short stories by some of the most compelling and original writers of our time. We will read work by contemporary authors and classic modernists whose stylistic innovations influenced a generation. Because literature is a continuum in which the present responds to the past, we'll note evolutions and developments in the genre over time. We will identify and analyze such elements of fiction as theme, genre, structure, form, language, and context.
- Class Description:
- The Oxford English Dictionary defines modern as "of or relating to the present or recent times," or "denoting the form of language that is currently used, as opposed to any earlier form." In the study of literature, however, the term modern also connotes the more technical literary movements of modernism and postmodernism. In this course we will honor both the OED definition and the more technical use of the term modern in the study of literature. To do so, students will read award-winning and highly acclaimed works of contemporary literature, that is, literature published in the last 5 years. Students will situate these works in relation to the history of modernist and postmodernist literatures. Students will also consider relevant social, political, and philosophical concepts and developments through the 20th and 21st centuries to the present.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54565/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 March 2017
Spring 2019 | ENGL 1701 Section 004: Modern Fiction (54735)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Wed 06:00PM - 08:30PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 203
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In Modern Fiction, we will study a selection of novels and short stories by some of the most compelling and original writers of our time. We will read work by contemporary authors and classic modernists whose stylistic innovations influenced a generation. Because literature is a continuum in which the present responds to the past, we'll note evolutions and developments in the genre over time. We will identify and analyze such elements of fiction as theme, genre, structure, form, language, and context.
- Class Description:
- In Modern Fiction, we will study a selection of novels and short stories by some of the most compelling and original writers of our time. We will read work by contemporary authors and classic modernists whose stylistic innovations influenced a generation. Because literature is a continuum in which the present responds to the past, we'll note evolutions and developments in the genre over time. We will identify and analyze such elements of fiction as theme, genre, structure, form, language, and context.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
40% Reports/Papers
10% Attendance
10% Class Participation - Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
5% Film/Video
50% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations - Workload:
- 90 Pages Reading Per Week
8 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: This is primarily a discussion class. We'll read about five novels and eight short stories. There are two papers, four pages each, typed, double-spaced. We'll take a midterm and a final exam. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54735/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
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