ENGL 2025 Chapter : 2025 Syllabus Fall 15 1
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Texts: a pocketful of prose: vintage short fiction, volume i and volume ii, david madden. The awakening, norton critical, 2nd ed. , kate chopin. Prerequisites: since this course requires competence in reading and writing, students must have successfully completed english 1001 (or an equivalent) before enrolling in 2025. Course objectives: the course will focus on analysis of short stories and novels. Students will learn to support assertions on literature through careful reading of texts, understanding of literary techniques, and some knowledge of authors and historical contexts. Readings: students will read ten or more assigned stories from two volumes of a pocketful of. Prose, in addition to the three novels listed above. Papers: students will write a 750-word in-class paper before midterm and a 1500-word out-of- class paper after midterm. Tests: all test items will require short or long essay responses. The midterm test will have selected passages and questions on works read before midterm.
