Writing 150 - Introduction to Literary Analysis

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Haverford College

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HU (Cross-listed in English) K.Benston,S.Finley,D.Sherman,G.Stadler,C.Zwarg Intended like other sections of the Writing Program to advance students critical reading and analytical writing skills, this course is geared specifically towards introducing students to the discipline that studies the literary traditions of the English language. One of its aims is to explore the broad range of thematic interests inherent in these traditions, sharing as they do common roots in the history of our language and its influences. The powers and limits of language; ideas of character and community, and the relation between person and place; heroic endeavor and the mystery of evil; loss and renovation these are among the themes to be tracked through various strategies of literary representation and interpretation in a variety of genres (epic, narrative, and poetry) and modes (realism, allegory, and romance), and across a range of historical periods. Our goal is to develop the vocabulary, skills, and knowledge necessary to understand not only how we decide what literary texts mean, but also how literary texts generate and contemplate meaning. Courses 2008-09: Benston, "Marvelous and Monstrous Passions"; Sherman, "Memory: the Use(s) of the Past; Stadler, "Encountering the Unknown"; Zwarg, "Reality is an Activity of the Most August Imagination". Prerequisite: Open only to members of the first-year class as assigned by the Director of College Writing. (Satisfies the freshman writing requirement.)

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.haverford.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 896-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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