ENG 104 - Introduction to Literature (Fiction)

4 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): WR 115 or designated placement.

Course Description: Provides a survey of important works of fiction by writers from different cultures and time periods. The course is designed to foster thoughtful interpretation, analysis, and appreciation of fiction.

Course Level: Lower Division Collegiate

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Explain how such elements as point of view, plot, setting, characterization, tone, style, theme, and symbolism affect our reading and interpretation of the literary genre of fiction. (ILO: Communication)
CLO#2: Apply a range of critical approaches to literature, such as Formalist, Psychoanalytical, Marxist, Feminist, Reader-response, Deconstructionist, and New Historicist.
CLO#3: Explain how race, gender, time, and place shape a given text.