INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDY

Course Description

Students will learn the fundamental principles of literary criticism, history, theory, and biography, addressing questions of what can be known and proven about literature. Students will have multiple options for developing projects in research, analysis, and criticism in literature.

Required Text

Castillo, Elaine, How to Read Now Viking
Hayes, Terrance, Watch Your Language: Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry Penguin
Prose, Francine, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them Harper