Standard syllabus
Intro to literature · Undergraduate · English / Reading / Writing
Learning objectives from the Intro to literature syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Close reading and genre
- Practice close reading of poetry, fiction, and drama — Practice close reading of poetry, fiction, and drama
- Use literary vocabulary precisely (imagery, irony, narrative voice, e... — Use literary vocabulary precisely (imagery, irony, narrative voice, etc.)
- Analyze how form generates meaning — Analyze how form generates meaning
- Compare genre conventions and expectations — Compare genre conventions and expectations
- Situate readings with light historical context as assigned — Situate readings with light historical context as assigned
Interpretation and theory intro
- Develop defensible interpretive theses — Develop defensible interpretive theses
- Support claims with well-chosen textual evidence — Support claims with well-chosen textual evidence
- Engage secondary criticism carefully (intro) — Engage secondary criticism carefully (intro)
- Survey critical approaches as taught (formalism, feminist, etc.) — Survey critical approaches as taught (formalism, feminist, etc.)
- Discuss texts in seminar with prepared questions — Discuss texts in seminar with prepared questions
Writing about literature
- Write short close-reading papers — Write short close-reading papers
- Produce a longer literary analysis essay — Produce a longer literary analysis essay
- Integrate quotations with MLA citation — Integrate quotations with MLA citation
- Revise for argument coherence — Revise for argument coherence
- Avoid plagiarism and over-reliance on online summaries — Avoid plagiarism and over-reliance on online summaries
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- Common Mistakes
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- Word problems
- Mixed Practice
- Multi-Unit Problems
- Review
- Practice test
- Answer key
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- Close reading and genre
Practice close reading of poetry, fiction, and drama
Coming soon - Interpretation and theory intro
Develop defensible interpretive theses
Coming soon - Writing about literature
Write short close-reading papers
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