Course details

Name: ENGL - 110

Title: THE ANALYTIC ESSAY

Section: 01

Semester: Fall - 2019

Credits: 3

Description:
***this is hybrid course that will meet on Thursdays***
The main purpose of this course is to introduce students to the way English majors engage with texts.
We don’t just read texts for plot summaries and broad theme —but read them to understand the cultural moment that produced them with careful attention to how they work on us as readers. In order to do this well, we must understand what contexts are important for a more nuanced understanding and
appreciation of what we read, see, and watch. In this course, we will focus on a single primary text, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and read all around it—the writing that influenced Shelley, the writing “in conversation” with the novel, how the novel was received in the nineteenth-century, and how scholars read it now. Our reading and writing assignments will build on one another and culminate in a final
research-based project.

Schedule: Thursday From 4:00 pm To 5:15 pm

Graduation requirements:

• Introduction to Literature (110-114)

Teaching Faculty: Matthew Patricia (matthewp)

Is course canceled: No