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2016-2017 Official General Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]

LIT 280 - The Short Novel


An introductory course on the novel, focusing on shorter exemplars of the genre written in English since 1850.  Emphasis on narrative technique, religious and philosophical ideology, as well as socio-psychological themes.  Students will demonstrate achievement through various writing and speaking activities and assignments.

Prerequisite- Corequisite
Prerequisite:  ENG 110 College Writing I

Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Have improved their ability at oral discourse by discussing and explaining their interpretive responses.
2.  Have improved their ability to write analytically and argumentatively by composing applications of critical methods to literary works.
3.  Identify literary devices and define them.
4.  Use specific details to support a claim about a text.
5.  Express their interpretation of a work in clear expository prose.
6.  Utilize various literary analysis approachees toward literature.
7.  Express multiple viewpoints about the life questions dealt with in literature (even if they disagree with those viewpoints).
8.  Relate one literary work to another, and also to the culture from which it emerged.
9.  Learn and demonstrate competence in basic principles and techniques of literary research, using print as well as electronic sources.