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  • ENGL 251: World Literature: Novels

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    ENGL 251 will introduce students to the fundamentals of literary studies, including terms, definitions, and research methodologies. Students will learn what it means to produce a close reading, what different interpretative perspectives can offer us as we read a text, how to distinguish between primary and secondary sources, and how to research and develop a literary analysis. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to: (1) Demonstrate a familiarity with literary terminology (characterization, point-of-view, imagery, metaphor, simile, etc.), as well as an awareness of and appreciation for the principles that guide the study of literary language. (2) Apply literary terminology to selected passages of literature (close reading) in oral formats (presentations, class discussions). (3) Apply literary terminology to selected passages of literature (close reading) in written format (formal and informal writing assignments). (4) Contextualize works of literature within given economic, social, political, historical, or aesthetic considerations (among others). (5) Write literary arguments about novels based in primary text close readings.
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  • ENGL 252: The Art of Creative Nonfiction

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    A course covering a broad range of prose including essay, memoir, biography, autobiography, and expository writing, as well as some fiction and short story as it has been practiced in western culture over the past five hundred years. The course will cover historic, generic, formal, and thematic aspects of prose. Students will be expected to analyze and perform close readings of individual prose texts examining content, technical aspects, and context, and to share those interpretations both verbally and in writing, as well as to create imaginative text of their own authorship (personal essay, memoir, etc.) that reflects the conventions of the genre. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent. Dual listed as COPA 252. Course Objectives (1) Define literary terminology (characterizations, point of view, imagery, metaphor, simile, etc.) with an awareness of an appreciation for the principles that guide the study of literary language. (2) Apply literary terms to selected passages of literature (close reading) in oral formats (presentations, class discussions). (3) Apply literary terms to selected passages of literature (close reading) in written format (formal and informal writing assignments). (4) Demonstrate an awareness of the literary tradition of the essay. (5) Analyze primary texts (essays that fit into the designation of creative nonfiction) and present analytical literary arguments in writing. (6) Apply the conventions of the genre in order to develop an original creative work.
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  • ENGL 253: The Art of Poetry

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    A course covering a broad range of lyric poetry as it has been practiced in western culture over the past five hundred years. The course will cover historic, generic, formal, and thematic aspects of poetry. Students will be expected to analyze and perform close readings of individual poems including content, technical aspects, and context, and to share those interpretations both verbally and in writing, as well as to create imaginative text of their own authorship (poetry) that reflects the conventions of the genre of poetry. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent. Dual listed as COPA 253. Course Objectives (1) Define literary terminology (line, meter, stanza, form, image, metaphor, simile, etc.) with an appreciation for the principles that guide the study of literary language. (2) Apply literary terms to selected poems (close reading) in oral formats (presentations, class discussions). (3) Apply literary terms to selected poems (close reading) in written format (formal and informal writing assignments). (4) Demonstrate an awareness of the literary tradition of poetry. (5) Analyze primary texts (poems) and present analytical literary arguments in writing. (6) Apply the conventions of the genre in order to develop an original creative work.
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  • ENGL 254: The Art of the Short Story

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    A course covering the development of the short story as it has been practiced in Western culture over the past two hundred years. The course will cover historic, generic, formal, and thematic aspects of the short story. Students will be expected to analyze and perform close readings of individual texts, examining content, technical aspects, and context, and to share those interpretations both verbally and in writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent. Dual listed as COPA 254. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to: (1) Demonstrate familiarity with literary terminology (characterizations, point of view, imagery, metaphor, simile, etc.) as well as an awareness of and appreciation for the principles that guide the study of literary language. (2) Demonstrate the ability to apply those terms to selected passages of literature (close reading) in oral formats (presentations, class discussions). (3) Demonstrate the ability to apply those terms to selected passages of literature (close reading) in written format (formal and informal writing assignments). (4) Demonstrate an awareness of the literary tradition of the short story. (5) Demonstrate the ability to analyze primary texts (short stories) and present analytical literary arguments in writing. (6) Apply the conventions of the genre in order to develop an original creative work.
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  • ENGL 255: Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    A multi-genre and/or multicultural course that examines both primary and secondary sources in any one of a number of traditional avenues of inquiry within Literary Studies. Approaches might have a critical basis (such as race, sexuality, class, religion, ethnicity, or gender) or a contextual basis (emphasizing a particular genre, movement, or region). Prerequisites: ENGL 101 or equivalent. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to: (1) Demonstrate familiarity with literary terminology (characterizations, point of view, imagery, metaphor, simile, etc.) as well as an awareness of and appreciation for the principles that guide the study of literary language. (2) Demonstrate the ability to apply those terms to selected passages of literature (close reading) in oral formats (presentations, class discussions). (3) Demonstrate the ability to apply those terms to selected passages of literature (close reading) in written format (formal and informal writing assignments). (4) Demonstrate an awareness of a single literary tradition, critical framework, or context based on the content focus of the course. (5) Demonstrate the ability to analyze primary texts and present analytical literary arguments in writing.
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  • ENGL 260: British Literature I

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    A study of major literary periods and genres in England up through the 18th century. Prerequisites: ENGL120 or 250+. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Identify significant British authors and works representing the Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, the Sixteenth Century, Early Seventeenth Century, and Restoration and Eighteenth periods of British Literature. (2) Identify and analyze genres relevant to the period and contexts studied. (3) Define literary terminology and apply those terms to select passages of literature (close reading) in both oral formats (presentations, class discussions) and written formats (formal and informal writing assignments). (4) Write analyses of literary works. (5) Respond to and integrate credible secondary sources.
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  • ENGL 261: British Literature II

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    A study of the major literary periods (Romantic, Victorian, Modernist, and Contemporary) and genres from 1789 to the present. Prerequisites: ENGL 120 or 250+. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Identify significant British authors and works representing the Romantic, Victorian, Modern and Contemporary periods of British Literature. (2) Identify and analyze genres relevant to the period and contexts studied. (3) Define literary terminology and apply those terms to select passages of literature (close reading) in both oral formats (presentations, class discussions) and written formats (formal and informal writing assignments). (4) Write analyses of literary works. (5) Respond to and integrate credible secondary sources.
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  • ENGL 262: American Literature I

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    A study of the major literary periods and genres from the colonial period through the American Renaissance. Prerequisites: ENGL 120 or 250+. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Identify significant American writers and works representing the Pre-National, National (Enlightenment) and Romantic periods of American literature. (2) Identify and analyze genres relevant to the periods and contexts studied. (3) Define literary terminology and apply those terms to select passages of literature (close reading) in both oral formats (presentations, class discussions) and written formats (formal and informal writing assignments). (4) Write analyses of literary works. (5) Respond to and integrate credible secondary sources.
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  • ENGL 263: American Literature II

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    A study of the major literary periods and genres from the American Renaissance through Contemporary. Prerequisites: ENGL 120 or 250+. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Identify significant American writers and works representing Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, and Contemporary. (2) Identify and analyze genres relevant to the periods and contexts studied. (3) Define literary terminology and apply those terms to select passages of literature (close reading) in both oral formats (presentations, class discussions) and written formats (formal and informal writing assignments). (4) Write analyses of literary works. (5) Respond to and integrate credible secondary sources.
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  • ENGL 295: Selected Topics in ENGL I

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This is a course in the ongoing study of analytical writing. English 295: Advanced Composition will invite students to hone their writing skills while focusing their attention on a single area of study. To further develop their skills with textual analysis, students will work on more extensive writing projects than those typically taken on in ENGL 101. Students will practice analyzing texts-broadly defined, but including literary fiction and narrative non-fiction-and will practice writing about these texts. Class will require all students to engage in substantial in-class discussion about the aesthetic, rhetorical, cultural, and social values represented by the authors' choices. Written assignments must demonstrate an awareness of discipline-appropriate ways of forming analytical arguments and incorporating appropriate primary and secondary sources. Both oral and written work must demonstrate students' evolving sense of how to consider the public life of a piece of writing. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Engage in increasingly independent process-based writing projects. (2) Select and accurately present relevant evidence to support an argument from appropriate primary and secondary sources. (3) Compose in multiple genres and at multiple lengths to suit the needs of many audiences and writing situations. (4) Analyze model texts for content, rhetorical strategies, and aesthetic principles (including narrative structure and details). (5) Revise their own rhetorical choices to improve the quality of their written work. (6) Critique, via common methods of constructive criticism and peer review, the work of their classmates, and to offer constructive suggestions for revision in written and oral forms.
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