ENGL 2203 - The Novel
Credits: 3
Catalog Description
In this course, students will study a diverse selection of novels to gain an awareness of their scope and variety. Characters, setting, plot, theme, and other elements will be discussed in order to analyze, interpret, and evaluate their significance. The course will also highlight diversity and may be organized around a particular topic or theme.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): None
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better) or Corequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommended Skills, Abilities, or Coursework: ENGL 1120 or ENGL 1121 with a grade of C or higher
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s) fulfilled: Goal 06A: The Humanities and Fine Arts, Goal 07A: Human Diversity, Race, Power, and Justice in the United States
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Analyze a variety of novels from diverse writers and cultures, including the United States.
- Use various writing techniques to analyze literature.
- Incorporate resources when conducting research on literature.
- Apply a critical approach to analyze selected novels.
- Use literary terminology to describe technical elements of novels.
- Understand that literature reflects the norms and values of specific cultures at specific times, thus it can be used as a lens through which to examine those norms and values.
- Identify the values and beliefs expressed in literature outside the traditional canon, especially by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) writers.
- Explain the ways in which literature helps us celebrate differences and better understand ourselves, other people, and the world around us.
Major Areas of Course Content
- The study of the novel in varying stylistic approaches (e.g., epistolary, picaresque, bildungsroman, etc.)
- Literary elements and devices as they are used in novels
- Critical and/or analytical writing in response to novels
- Critical approaches to literature (may include, but not be limited to, reader-response, feminist, biographical, historical, psychological, deconstruction, archetypal, and new criticism)
- Fiction as a cultural, historical, political, and personal artifact
- Race, ethnic group, gender, class, and other conflicts in literature
- The contributions of diverse writers to the literary canon
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course
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