Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Autumn Quarter 2009
• Winter Quarter 2010

John O'Neill
ENGL 200
Seattle Campus

Reading Literary Forms

Covers techniques and practice in reading and enjoying literature in its various forms: poetry, drama, prose fiction, and film. Examines such features of literary meanings as imagery, characterization, narration, and patterning in sound and sense. Offered: AWSp.

Class description

For SUMMER 2007: We will read works from a variety of genres to develop interpretive skills based on a close attention to textual detail and an appreciation of context. Critical thinking and analytical writing are the means and end of the course. Participation, presentations, and writing are required. Texts: Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness; Muller, Ways In; Zadie Smith, White Teeth; Herman Melville, Melville’s Short Novels; Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

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