ISI - ENGL 175 - Literature and Ideas
Course Description
Literature and Ideas is an introduction to reading and understanding world literature. Literary study as a method of thinking critically about historical and contemporary aspects of the human condition. Writing integrated.
This course will introduce you to the study of short fiction, poetry, and dramatic literature and to the ways these literary forms enable us to study ourselves, each other, and the world. This course is part of the General Education Core requirements and includes a focus on communicating, clarifying values, and using the arts.
Learner Outcomes
By the end of the course, a successful student should be able to:
- Understand how to analyze short stories, poems, and dramatic literature, identifying and using appropriate literary tools, such as form, figurative language, meter, point of view, irony, plot development, characterization, etc.
- Understand how to develop credible interpretations of short stories, poetry, and drama
- Evaluate alternative perspectives and interpretations of the literature expressed by others
- Write literary analyses of short stories, poems, and drama
- Compare historical and contemporary literary approaches to human concerns, such as growing up, adolescence, love, death, and war
- Improve aesthetic appreciation of literature
Required Course Materials
MLA Citation: Meyer. Michael. The Bedford Introduction to Literature, 10th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013. Print. ISBN(s): 978-1-4576-0827-8 and 1-4576-0827-8
Expected Course Timeline
Most ISI courses are designed so that students can complete them within 3 months to 1 year. If you are attempting to complete a course more quickly than this, please contact ISI to explore your options.
Sponsor Institution
Credits earned for this course are included in a LC State transcript.
This is an INDEPENDENT STUDY IN IDAHO course
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Prerequisites
The equivalent of ENGL 101 Writing and Rhetoric I, or the equivalent of ENGL 109 College Writing and ResearchCollege Writing and Research- ISI - ENGL 1101 - Writing and Rhetoric I (Complete)
- EP0006 - ISI - ENGL 175 Pre-Req Transc