ENG 105 - The Literary Imagination: An Introduction to Literature

Description:
Human experience as it is imagined, interpreted, and made significant in poetry, prose, fiction, and drama.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: Academic Writing I with a grade of C- or higher.

Credits: (5)

General Education Category: (W). K5 - Humanities

General Education Pathways: P6 Ways of Knowing

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Read and respond to literary works from a variety of cultures and from a range of historical periods.
Read and respond to literary works of poetry, fiction, and drama and recognize formal and rhetorical differences among genres.
Demonstrate an understanding of how literary elements such as character development, setting, and figurative language relate to literary meaning.
Interpret and analyze literary works from diverse cultural perspectives and respond to the ways the works contend with issues of race, class and gender privilege.
Identify and reflect on how literary works challenge linguistic, conceptual, and normative presuppositions.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
9/17/20

Anticipated Course Offering Terms and Locations:
Fall Locations: Ellensburg Winter Locations: Ellensburg Spring Locations: Ellensburg Summer Locations: Ellensburg