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Non-fiction |
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NON-FICTION |
| CLASS CODE: |
ENG 354 |
CREDITS:
3
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| DIVISION: |
LANGUAGE & LETTERS |
| DEPARTMENT: |
ENGLISH |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: |
This course fulfills a General Education - Letters requirement. |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Emphasizes extensive reading, writing, and study of non-fiction works by major authors. Includes genre such as history, philosophy, speeches, journals, reviews, columns, letters. |
| TAUGHT: |
On demand. |
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: |
Analyzing, critiquing, appreciating and enjoying non-fiction writing. |
| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: |
- Understand and appreciate literature as a valuable source of intellectual, emotional, and aesthetic experience reflecting and enriching the human experience.
- Read literature within such contexts as nationality, historical period, ethnicity, and culture.
- Apply appropriate critical theories to literary texts.
- Continue developing library skills for literary research and document formal writing according to MLA guidelines.
- Integrate secondary texts into written work.
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| REQUIREMENTS: |
Extensive reading, discussion, and oral presentations. Interpretive and analytical papers, and creative/imitative writing using the form studied within the genre totaling 15 pages. MLA documentation. |
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| OTHER: |
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: |
August 2001 |
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