2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENGL 517 - Issues in Teaching Literature


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0

The course will provide a basic introduction to the teaching of literature in its four main forms: fiction, poetry, drama, and film. The concept of documentary narrative in relation to these four will be examined as well. Genre and subgenre will also be considered as means of grouping texts. Particular attention will be paid to the relative appropriateness of teaching the different forms of literature at different age and ability levels. Questions of canon will be considered in order to relate gender, race, and ethnicity to the secondary curriculum. Finally, the relation of literary criticism and critical theory to the teaching of the four forms will be considered.


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