ENGL 318 - Literacy and Literature

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Trinity College

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Literature is produced and consumed by literate people. Nothing could be more obvious. But how do the different ways writers and readers become literate influence the ways they write and read How have writers depicted the process of acquiring literacy and imagined its importance In this course, we will examine in both theoretical and historical terms the nature of literacy and the roles texts play in the formation of individual literacies. With a focus on the 19th- and 20th-century U.S. (and particular attention to the case of African Americans), we will look at schoolbooks, texts for young readers, and representations of literacy in literary works ranging from slave narratives to novels to films. We also will study theories of literacy from philosophical, cognitive, and educational perspectives. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a literary theory course, or a course emphasizing literature written after 1800. 1.00 units, Lecture

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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