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This class will focus on literature based in Minnesota, known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes and sometimes as the nation's icebox. Likely works that will be covered include F. Scott Fitzgerald's ST. PAUL STORIES, the nature writing of Sigurd Olson, Bill Holm's essays about living in rural Minnesota, Tim O'Brien's haunting depiction of a veteran's experience in the Lake of the Woods, and Kao Kalia Yang's description of Hmong immigrants in THE LATE HOMECOMER. Each of these writers incorporates a sense of place into their work, and each text offers unique viewpoints on culture, identity, and our connection to the land. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 121.
Students will read and write about literary texts critically and closely. The course emphasizes recursive reading and writing processes that encourage students to discover, explain, question and clarify ideas. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.
Students will read and write about literary texts critically and closely. The course emphasizes recursive reading and writing processes that encourage students to discover, explain, question and clarify ideas. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.
