1:00p-2:15 TR (25) 3 cr 


COAS INTENSIVE WRITING SECTION. OPEN TO MAJORS ONLY.  DECLARED MINORS
OBTAIN AUTHORIZATION FROM BH402.


In this class you will learn the basic tools of literary analysis and
criticism from the level of the word to the trope to the metaphor and
beyond.  We will hone our close reading skills by analyzing poetry,
short stories, novels, plays, and sequential art.  Within these genres
we will explore how the historical experience of ethnicity, race and
gender, both of the author and reader, influence interpretation.  We
will also be concerned with how writers use and critique each other's
work and the function of literary criticism.   Reading will include
texts by Sendak, Gorey, Conrad, Achebe, Hansberry and Arthur Miller.
Required course work may include three formal papers (5-6 pages) that
will be graded, classroom work with drafts and frequent informal
exercises that will not be graded but must be handed in at semester's
end as part of a portfolio.