FLL 684 - Literary Criticism I: Theory and Practice in Teaching Literature

3 credits
Prerequisites: MAT enrollment or permission of instructor
Intensive readings with analysis of relationships among language, thought, form, and content. The course will examine the intellectual, emotional, cultural, multicultural, and aesthetic qualities of texts, including the links among stylistic devices, central motifs, author’s purpose, motivation, imagination, and psychology with emphasis on secondary students’ analytic writing and reading abilities. The course will examine forms of literary criticism as they apply to teaching secondary language and literature. For the Master of Arts in Teaching program, appropriate 400 level Foreign Language and Literature courses may be offered at the 500 level. Cross-listed as ENL 684