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ENGL 2043 - Literature and Film

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None
Course Description: This college literature course intended for all students will analyze and explore Literature and Film. Students will explore written and visual texts in order to understand the scope and variety of the human experience. Students will read, discuss, and analyze narrative texts as expressions of the human experience. Some attention will be given to film terminology and techniques.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts

Prerequisite(s): Assessment score placement in RDNG 1000  or above, or completion of RDNG 0900  or RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: Completion of ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.

Major Content
  1. Literature and Film
  2. Close reading Written texts Visual Texts
  3. Film as text
  4. Film terms and techniques
  5. Narratives and the human condition

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in written and visual texts.
  2. respond critically to works in written and visual texts in terms of current social theory.articulate an informed personal reaction to written and visual texts.
  3. analyze basic literary elements and film elements through assigned texts.
  4. analyze those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.


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