DEE3221253, Introduction to Literature, under-graduate, 2 credits, smt 5.
Introduction to Literature is an
introductory course designed with the goal to aid students, in acquiring the
skills necessary to engage, understand, critically analyze the literary genres.
As they read a range of works belonging to these genres, students will explore
the basic concepts of literary technique, narrative, poetic, and dramatic
structures and innovations. Students will also read below the surface of the
texts in this class, developing insight to understan into both the experiences
of others and wider appreciation for the human condition.
Through assignments in class (quizzes,
exams, essays, and discussions) students will learn how to intelligently
respond to the sometimes complicated concepts found in works of literature. The
goal here is for students to be able to take skills of critical thought beyond engagement
with literature only into their wider interactions with an increasingly
complicated world, which of course will continue to be reflected in the human
