This course, the first required of all English majors and minors and a prerequisite for English 250 and 251, introduces students to methods of literary interpretation. Roughly half the semester is devoted to the study of poetry and half to the study of fiction or drama; students also learn to evaluate and employ literary criticism when writing critical essays.
Texts most recently studied in Professor's Berglund's section of ENG 150 were Elizabeth Bishop, Geography III; Joseph Conrad, Heart Of Darkness; Aphra Behn, Oronooko and a handful of $1.00 Dover poetry anthologies.
Course requirements: four papers, at least two of which must be revised; active participation in class discussion, including peer writing workshops; quizzes on scansion and critical terminology.
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