ENG 120-02 & 03 - Literary Analysis

4 credits (Fall)

The course will examine literature that embodies traditionally formal as well as experimental strategies in poetry, fiction, and film. We will discuss the ways authors craft their works, and we will develop strategies for analyzing those choices in academic papers. After studying a wide range poetry, fiction, and film, we will close the semester with an extended exploration of three fictional cities built from series of linked stories: the Dublin of James Joyce’s Dubliners, the Washington, D.C. of Edward P. Jones’s Lost in the City, and the London of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe. Graded assignments will include frequent short writing assignments and longer papers, leading to a final portfolio.

Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Simpson