ENGL 2073 - Short Novel: Introduction to Literary Studies

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None
Course Description: This college literature course intended for all students focuses on the analysis and exploration of selected short novels, typically works of 100-200 pages. Authors may include Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, James Joyce, or William Faulkner.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: ENGL 1020   with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.

Major Content

1. The Short Novel
2. Analysis of short novels
   1. Critical reading of short novels
   2. Critical writing about short novels
3. Authors’ life experiences and influences on fiction/short novels
4. Elements of literature
   1. plot
   2. character
   3. setting
   4. theme
   5. tone
   6. style
5. Historical and artistic trends and influences on fiction/short novels
6. The short novel as a literary genre
7. Using primary and secondary sources

1. describe the scope and variety of works in short novels.
2. identify major critical frameworks at an introductory level.
3. perform close analysis of short novels at an introductory level.
4. employ major critical frameworks to analyze short novels at an introductory level.
5. incorporate and document secondary sources at an introductory level.
6. articulate an informed personal reaction to short novels.
7. analyze short novels as expressions of individual and human values within historical and social contexts.

06. 02. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.

06. 03. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.

06. 05. Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.

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