ENGL 107 Research and Argumentation about Literature (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Communications; General Transfer Elective
Prerequisite Completion of ENGL& 101 with grade of 2.0 or better.
Course Description
This course focuses on research, writing, and analysis methods utilized in literary and other textual studies.
Course Content
A. Rhetorical situations related to the study of literature (e.g. literary terminology, genre conventions and challenges to those conventions)
B. Positionality and intersectionality
C. Research processes
D. Writing processes (e.g. composition, critical thinking, idea-building, drafting, editing, revision, iterative writing processes)
E. Information literacy (critical information literacies)
F. Source choice, documentation, and integration appropriate to the writer’s rhetorical situations
G. Application of literary theory and critical approaches
H. Writing Communities
Student Outcomes
1. Compose thesis-driven research projects and essays that use literary critical approaches to support one’s arguments.
2. Apply various research processes based on need, circumstance, and type of inquiry, in order to provide sound, evidentiary support and to use source materials effectively.
3. Analyze a variety of genres and terminology that literary scholars use to develop, share, and challenge disciplinary knowledge.
4. Examine how the positionality and intersectionality of authors and works, as well as the readers’ identities, inform students’ development of argumentative strategies.
5. Practice iterative writing and revision processes to present complex, humane arguments and rhetorically appropriate language.
6. Participate in the development of literary culture and writing communities.
7. Reflect on how individuals’ (i.e. learners and instructor) positional identities in the learning spaces shape an understanding of the field of study.
Degree Outcomes
Communication: Graduates identify, analyze and evaluate rhetorical strategies in their own and other’s writing in order to communicate effectively.
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
Potential Methods
A. Formal writings: essays, essay exams, research reports, reading responses
B. Projects: group, individual, multimedia
C. Informal writings: journals, in-class responses, brainstorming, freewriting, paraphrase and summary
D. Group discussions and classroom activities
E. Exams and quizzes: short answer, matching, multiple choice
F. Writing Communities
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