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''Directions: For each lesson below, follow all links and read them carefully. All assigned literary texts may be found [https://files.grlucas.com/d/681813c813d64b6cbbbe/ on my server], by doing a Google search, or in the required book. See your [[ENGL 1102|individual syllabus]] for due dates and additional instructions. All writing exercises should be completed on Packback discussions for '''online sections of the course only'''.''
''Directions: For each lesson below, follow all links and read them carefully. All assigned literary texts may be found [https://files.grlucas.com/d/681813c813d64b6cbbbe/ on my server], by doing a Google search, or in the required book. See your [[ENGL 1102|individual syllabus]] for due dates and additional instructions.''
 
==Orientation==
# Read the following:
#* [[CompFAQ/Writing about Literature|I’m not an English major: why should I write about literature?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Critical Thinking|What is “critical thinking"?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Analysis|What is “analysis”?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Interpretation|What is “interpretation”?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Difficult Reading|How do I read a difficult text without getting frustrated?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Reading Notes|What are some strategies for reading?]]


==I. Introduction to College-Level Literary Studies==
==I. Introduction to College-Level Literary Studies==
# Read the background materials:
# Read the background materials:
#* [[/Introduction|Introduction]] to ''Decoding the Text: A Guide to Literary Analysis and Composition''
#* [[/Introduction|Introduction]] to ''Decoding the Text: A Guide to Literary Analysis and Composition''
#* [[CompFAQ/Writing about Literature|I’m not an English major: why should I write about literature?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Lit Primer|How do I begin writing about literature?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Literary Analysis|What are the basics of literary analysis?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Literary Interpretation|What are the basics of interpreting a literary text?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Conventions|What are the conventions and vocabulary necessary for writing about literature?]]
# Read the following and be sure to [[CompFAQ/Research/Notetaking|take thorough notes]] in preparation for a quiz:
#* F. Scott Fitzgerald: “[[Babylon Revisited]]” (Alt: [https://files.grlucas.com/f/6ad3b8f35fe548abb516/ download PDF])


==II. Reader-Response Criticism==
==II. Reader-Response Criticism==
# Read the background materials:
# Read the background materials:
#* [[CompFAQ/Literary Interpretation/Reader Response|Reader Response Criticism]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Literary Interpretation/Reader Response|What is “reader response”?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Theme|What is “theme”?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Close Reading|What is “close reading”?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Research/Quotations and Paraphrases|How do I integrate quotations and paraphrases?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Support|How do I support my argument?]]
# Read the following:
# Read the following:
#* Ernest Hemingway: “[[Indian Camp]]”
#* Ernest Hemingway: “[[Indian Camp]]”
#* James Joyce: “[[Araby]]”
#* James Joyce: “[[Araby]]”
==III. Formalist Criticism==
# Read the background materials:
#* [[CompFAQ/Literary Analysis|What is a “formalist” approach to literature?]]
# Read the following:
#* Anton Chekhov: “The Lady with the Pet Dog”
#* Emily Dickinson “[[Because I Could Not Stop for Death]]”
==IV. Ethical Criticism==
# Read the background materials:
#* [[CompFAQ/Literary Interpretation/Ethical Criticism|What is an “ethical” approach to literature?]]
# Read the following:
#* James Baldwin: “Sonny’s Blues”
#* Patricia Smith: “[[February 13, 2023|10-Year-Old Shot Three Times, but She’s Fine]]”
==V. Civic Criticism==
# Read the background materials:
#* [[CompFAQ/Literary Interpretation/Civic Criticism|What is a “civic” approach to literature?]]
# Read the following:
#* Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: “Harrison Bergeron”
#* Audre Lord: “[[February 15, 2023|Who Said It Was Simple]]”
==VI. Cultural Criticism==
# Read the background materials:
#* [[CompFAQ/Literary Interpretation/Cultural Criticism|What is a “cultural” approach to literature?]]
# Read the following:
#* Jack London: “To Build a Fire”
#* William Wordsworth: “[[The World Is too Much with Us]]”
==VII. Feminist Criticism==
# Read the background materials:
#* [[CompFAQ/Literary Interpretation/Feminist Criticism|What is a “feminist” approach to literature?]]
# Read the following:
#* Kate Chopin: “[[The Story of an Hour]]”
#* Adrienne Rich: “[[Diving Into the Wreck]]”
#* Lord Byron: “[[She Walks in Beauty]]”
==VIII. Psychological Criticism==
# Read the background materials:
#* [[CompFAQ/Literary Interpretation/Psychoanalytic Criticism|What is a “psychoanalytical” approach to literature?]]
# Read the following:
#* Herman Melville: “Bartleby, the Scrivener”
#* William Shakespeare: Sonnets [[April 18, 1995|33]], [[April 19, 1995|34]], and [[April 20, 1995|35]]
#* Edgar Allan Poe: “[[The Cask of Amontillado]]”
==IX. Deconstructive Criticism==
# Read the background materials:
#* [[CompFAQ/Literary Interpretation/Deconstruction|What is a “deconstructive” approach to literature?]]
# Read the following:
#* William Shakespeare: “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?”
==X. Marxist Criticism==
# Read the background materials:
#* [[CompFAQ/Literary Interpretation/Marxist Criticism|What is a “Marxist” approach to literature?]]
# Read the following:
#* Guy de Maupassant: “The Necklace”
#* William Blake: “[[The Chimney Sweeper (SE)]]” (from ''Songs of Experience'')
==XI. Research==
# Read the background materials:
#* [[CompFAQ/Research|What is research and why is it important?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Evidence|How do I use strong evidence and examples?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Research/Primary Sources|What are “primary sources” and how do I use them?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Research/Secondary Sources|What are “secondary sources” and how do I use them?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Research/Strong Sources|How do I find strong, credible sources?]]
#* [[CompFAQ/Research/Synthesis|What is “synthesis” and why is it important?]]
# Read the following:
#* August Wilson: ''Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom'' ([[April 19, 2022|See my notes]])
[[Category:ENGL 1102]]

Latest revision as of 12:05, 8 January 2025

Decoding the Text: A Guide to Literary Analysis and Composition

In a world increasingly driven by technology, data, and immediacy, the study of literature may seem, to some, an unnecessary and antiquated indulgence. Why pore over poetry or ponder the ambiguities of a novel when there are concrete skills to acquire and more tangible goals to achieve? This question is particularly relevant to college students who take literature courses only because they are required. Yet, it is precisely in the study of literature that we find an opportunity to slow down, reflect, and engage in the kind of deep thinking that is essential for intellectual and personal growth.

Directions: For each lesson below, follow all links and read them carefully. All assigned literary texts may be found on my server, by doing a Google search, or in the required book. See your individual syllabus for due dates and additional instructions.

Orientation

  1. Read the following:

I. Introduction to College-Level Literary Studies

  1. Read the background materials:
  2. Read the following and be sure to take thorough notes in preparation for a quiz:

II. Reader-Response Criticism

  1. Read the background materials:
  2. Read the following:

III. Formalist Criticism

  1. Read the background materials:
  2. Read the following:

IV. Ethical Criticism

  1. Read the background materials:
  2. Read the following:

V. Civic Criticism

  1. Read the background materials:
  2. Read the following:

VI. Cultural Criticism

  1. Read the background materials:
  2. Read the following:

VII. Feminist Criticism

  1. Read the background materials:
  2. Read the following:

VIII. Psychological Criticism

  1. Read the background materials:
  2. Read the following:

IX. Deconstructive Criticism

  1. Read the background materials:
  2. Read the following:
    • William Shakespeare: “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?”

X. Marxist Criticism

  1. Read the background materials:
  2. Read the following:

XI. Research

  1. Read the background materials:
  2. Read the following:
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