Professor Sharon Rowley English 200: Literary Studies; section C, Spring 99 M WRF 10: 10-11 am MUH 4 Office: Hugli 24 Phone: 6964 office hours: Mon. and Wed. 11: 45 am – 12: 45 pm Tues. 2: 45-3: 45 or by appointment Course Description & Aims This course is designed to present students with an introduction to literature and literary analysis. Looking at texts according to genre (primarily), we will focus on skills of close reading and developing critical approaches to literature. We will consider texts in their historical and, when available, in their material contexts.
The primary texts in this course have been selected by the English Department. Required Texts Alvarez, Julia, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Plume/Penguin Jacobs, Harriet, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harvard UP Malory, Le Morte D arthur, ed. D. S. Brewer, York Medieval Texts Meyer, Michael, The Bedford Introduction to Literature, 4 th Edition Whitman, Walt, Song of Myself, Shambhala Course Requirements.