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COURSE TITLE:

Introduction to Literature:  Drama

COURSE HOURS PER WEEK:

4

COURSE NUMBER:

ENG 105

Lecture:

4

COURSE CREDITS:

4

Lec/Lab:

COURSE PREREQUISITES:

None

Lab:

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

• Distinguish between connotation and denotation and demonstrate how the connotative language helps shape major points of a literary text (poem, story, play).

1. Various written work: e.g., journals, response papers, critical essays, creative written work, research reports
2. One of more of the following:

• Attendance at a local speaker’s event with a formal reponse to it.
• Participation in class discussions.
• Performance on quizzes and/or exams, which may include mid-term and/or final exams.
• In-class participation such as reading aloud in class.
• Group work.

• In-class presentations.

• Demonstrate an ability to read works of drama at both a literal and figurative level.

See above.

• Use effective oral and written communication -- including at least one formal essay -- to express literary interpretations and evaluations -- developed independently and/or collaboratively

See above.

• Produce a significant amount of interpretive and analytical writing using well-selected textual and other evidence

See above.

• Utilize MLA, APA, or equivalent standard style sheet documentation when needed, and edited Standard American English

See above.

• Gain the ability to respond emotionally and intellectually to plays as a reader and a real-life viewer

See above.

• Be willing to extend consciousness and deepen insight in the possibilities of what it means to be a human being.

See above.

• Understand a wide range of dramatic terms such as catharsis, dramatic irony, theater of the absurd, etc.

See above.

• Better appreciate the development of character and theme as well as the multiplicity of meaning that lies below the surface plot.

See above.