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Official Course Description:
MCCCD Approval: 11-27-1990 |
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ENG218
1994 Fall – 2004 Fall |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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Writing
About Literature |
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Advanced
writing course requiring analytical and expository essays about fiction,
poetry, and drama. For non-English majors. Prerequisites: ENG102. |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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ENG218 1994
Fall – 2004 Fall |
Writing About Literature |
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Read, critically analyze, and interpret fiction. (I.A) |
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Respond to a work of fiction in informal writing, such as
a journal. (I.B) |
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Analyze in both discussion and writing the rhetorical
strategies and literary elements of work of fiction. (I) |
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Read, critically analyze, and interpret a poem. (II.A) |
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Respond to a poem in informal writing, such as a journal.
(II.B) |
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Analyze in both discussion and writing the rhetorical
strategies and literary elements of a poem. (II) |
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Read, critically analyze, and interpret a play. (III.A) |
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Respond to the text of a play in informal writing, such as
a journal. (III.B) |
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Analyze in both discussion and writing the rhetorical
strategies and literary elements of a dramatic text. (III.B) |
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Use peer critiquing skillfully as a technique for giving,
receiving, and applying feedback in order to revise writing. (I, II, III) |
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Use writing to enhance critical thinking skills in
examining ideas and issues in fiction, poetry, and drama. (I, II, III) |
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MCCCD
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ENG218 1994
Fall – 2004 Fall |
Writing About Literature |
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I. Fiction A. Reading and critically
analyzing fiction 1. Techniques for analyzing
2. Techniques for
interpreting B. Writing about a
fictional work 1. Informal (journal,
etc.): responding to what is read 2. Formal essay a. Analyzing rhetorical
strategies 1) Use of
language 2) Arrangement
of content 3) Sentence and
paragraph strategies 4) Logic 5) Style b. Analyzing elements 1) Theme 2) Structure 3) Point of
view 4)
Characterization 5) Setting 6) Imagery 7) Tone 8) Symbolism c. Integrating resource
material 3. Revising the essay a. Peer critiquing b. Final editing II. Poetry A. Reading and critically
analyzing poetry 1. Techniques for analyzing
2. Techniques for
interpreting B. Writing about a poem 1. Informal (journal,
etc.): responding to what is read 2. Formal essay a. Analyzing rhetorical
strategies 1) Use of
language 2) Arrangement
of content 3) Rhetorical
situation (if applicable) b. Analyzing elements 1) Theme 2) Structure 3)
Characterization 4) Setting 5) Diction 6) Tone 7) Imagery 8) Symbolism 9) Poetic form 10) Rhyme
scheme c. Integrating resource
material 3. Revising the essay a. Peer critiquing b. Final editing III. Drama A. Reading and critically
analyzing a play 1. Techniques for analyzing
2. Techniques for
interpreting B. Writing about a dramatic
work 1. Informal (journal, etc):
responding to what is read 2. Formal essay a. Analyzing rhetorical
strategies 1) Use of
language 2) Arrangement
of content b. Analyzing elements 1) Theme 2) Structure 3)
Characterization 4) Setting 5) Symbolism 6) Tone 7) Imagery c. Integrating resource
material 3. Revising the essay a. Peer critiquing b. Final editing |