ENGL 221 - Textual Analysis

Institution:

Westminster College (Salt Lake City)

Subject:

English

Description:

Critical literary practice begins with reading slowly--Word by Word, sentence by sentence, frame by frame, building a tentative understanding of the whole through a variety of strategies focused on the parts, including: *Word meanings, denotative and connotative, and word histories (etymology); *Syntax: the arrangement of words and the adherence (or not) of that arrangement to standard grammar practice; *Figurative language: Metaphor and metonymy multiply and concentrate meanings, and/or reveal agreed-upon assumptions and historical frames. This foundational course asks students to closely analyze texts from a range of periods and genres and generate written and spoken arguments about them supported by precise textual evidence. Students will also consider the personal lens through which they read, their prejudices, preconceptions, and assumptions about what is "normal." Because the ending of a literary work is so important to its interpretation, whole brief texts (such as poems) are featured in this course. This course, ENGL 222: Words in the World: Texts in Contexts, and ENGL 223: Words on Words: Critical Theory are prerequisites for most 300-level courses in the English major. Students must have completed two of the three to register for these upper-division courses. Prerequisites: Two WCore Humanities and Fine Arts (WCFAH) courses and either one Writing Emphasis course(WE) course or HON 202

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4.00

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Institution Website:

www.westminstercollege.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 484-7651

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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