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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

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