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Leslie D. Hannah Department of English University of Oklahoma
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Reading List Assignments Calendar Presentation Topics Course Description Introduction to Literature concentrates on close readings of works of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and drama. The readings are drawn from periods ancient to modern and vary in origins: American, Native American, British, African, and others. Important characteristics of academic discourse addressed in English 2413 include analyzing and interpreting the materials. To produce discourse with these characteristics, students need to think and read critically as well as use a wide range of reading and writing strategies for various materials common in academic writing. These strategies include ways of inventing, drafting, revising, and editing. Additionally, critical and creative reading/writing skills are taught in order to help students develop their abilities at analyzing and evaluating texts, whether they are oral, professionally published, or written by peers. Course Objectives After successful completion of ENGLISH 2413, students should be able to do the following: identify various types of writing by genre or theme, recognize the symbolism and imagery in various types of writing, recognize the main ideas, central themes, and supporting details in written materials, effectively and critically read various types of written materials, understand, recognize, and use various literary devices to achieve desired effects, choose words that are precise and effective, understand how authors achieve their desired effects, recognize that your professor is the best at what he does. Required Resources Literature: Reading and Writing the Human Experience, 7th edition, by Abcarian and Klotz. The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers, by Anson and Schwegler. Course packet available at King Copy, corner of Jenkins and Lindsey. |