Regular attendance in lecture and tutorial are essential for success in ... The
Norton Introduction to Literature (Portable Edition) Portable Tenth Edition,
bundled.
Course Number: AP/EN 1001A 3.0A Title: Introduction to Literary Study Instructor: Peter Paolucci Email:
[email protected] Description: EN 1001 strengthens the student's ability to engage a variety of shorter literary texts sampled from different genres and time periods. That activity of engagement or "literary study," begins with observation, recognition, comprehension, analysis and evaluation of what the text is saying (content and theme) as well as how that text is organized and how it presents itself. Such preliminary activities are followed by exercises (assignments) that gradually increase in complexity and difficulty. These exercises allow students to practice thinking and then writing clearly and effectively about their own reflections on the material. Lectures will examine different modes of writing with particular emphasis on elements and strategies of composition such as rhetoric, structure, genre, voice, audience, idiom and diction. Attention will also be paid to the relationship between text, subtext, context and intertextuality (what the text is saying, what the text is implying, the cultural, historical, and biographical contexts in which the text was produced, as well as the text's relationship to other texts). Tutorials provide opportunities for students to practice and apply lecture material. The course emphasizes close textual readings (sight passages) and encourages students to explore different ways to contextualize their own arguments. Some attention will be paid to grammar and language (style) and how they can create both meaning and ambiguity. Finally, the course also explores ways to use specific textual evidence as support for deductive and inferential reasoning, and introduces students to basic research principles and methodologies. Regular attendance in lecture and tutorial are essential for success in this course.
Course Requirements: **
In-class (10%)
Assigned Sept 6
In-class (10%)
Essay (15%)
Library (10%)
Participation (10%)
Research Paper (25%)
Exam (20%)
Surprise!
Sept 13 Oct 4
Sept 6
Oct 4
Sept 6
Sept 20
Surprise!
Oct 4
Oct 18
n/a
Nov 15
Nov 29
Returned Sept 27
Variable
Oct 18
Oct 25
n/a
Nov 29
n/a
Due
**NOTE: Students must receive a final grade of at least C (60%) to take further English courses.
Every student is required read the statement on plagiarism carefully, and to complete York's tutorial and online quiz on plagiarism. See either the announcements page or the assignments page of the website for details.
Texts (Tentative): The Norton Introduction to Literature (Portable Edition) Portable Tenth Edition, bundled together with the Norton Critical Edition of William Shakespeare's Othello. Ask for ISBN 9780-393-91403-0.
Open To: Spaces are reserved for 1st and 2nd year EN/PRWR/ENPR/CRWR Honours students until July 16th (1st & 2nd year students:General after that)
