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ENGL 2014 - Minnesota Writers

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None
Course Description: This college course intended for all students will explore literature by Minnesota writers. Selections may include poetry, novels, short stories, and non-fiction by such writers as Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jim Northrup, Allison McGee, Connie Wanek, and Bill Holm.
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. Ethnicity and Identity
  2. Immigration
  3. Rural life
  4. Urban life

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

  1. Demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in Minnesota literature.
  2. Analyze these works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.
  3. Articulate an informed personal reaction to works by Minnesota writers.
  4. Respond critically to works by Minnesota writers.
  5. Analyze basic literary elements in works studied.


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