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Michelle S. Liu
ENGL 300
Seattle Campus
Intensive examination of one or a few major works of literature. Classroom work to develop skills of careful and critical reading. Book selection varies, but reading consists of major works by important authors and of selected supplementary materials.
Class description
This course will focus as much on selected American texts as the act of reading itself. What do we expect out of fiction in an age of declining readerships and the ascendancy of television and electronic media? We will read Harper Lee's To Kill and Mockingbird, Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, and David Shields' Reality Hunger. Selected essays by various theorists will be made available electronically at the beginning of the quarter.
Student learning goals
Discern dominant and emergent readings of a narrative.
Write about the cultural consequences that come with different ways of reading.
Construct criteria for what constitutes a “major” text.
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
Class assignments and grading
