Instr:                  Tyler Farrell
Office:               CRT 474   229-3935
e-mail:                farecho@uwm.edu
Office hours:    by appointment

Course Information:                      MW   5:00 - 6:15 p.m.      AUP 116

Course Description

This course will approach literature from a variety of perspectives in order to emphasize how poetry, fiction, and drama create meaning. We will study critical techniques and terminology that are used in the analysis of literature and then use these terms to do a personal analysis of various works of literature. Students will engage in discussion and analysis of how literary texts convey themes, attitudes, emotions, and ideas. An emphasis should be kept on learning how to write critically about texts.  The class will involve discussion and presentation and hopefully show students how to look at literature in new and interesting ways.

Required Texts and Materials:
eds. Ann and Samuel Charters. Literature and Its Writers
Lynn, Steven. Texts and Contexts
Beckett, Samuel. Endgame
West, Nathanael. The Day of the Locust
Greene, Graham. The Power and the Glory
O'Hara, Frank. Lunch Poems
Tate, James. The Lost Pilot
Handouts throughout the semester

Course Requirements:
1. Presentation and Short Response Paper (3-4 pages) on what you are covering.
2. 2 Short Critical papers (5-7 pages) analyzing and/or comparing one or two literary texts.
3. Assigned Readings/Regular Attendance
4. Class Participation for discussion of authors and their works
5. Mid-term and Final Exam