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Introduction to World Literature
with Dr. Marquardt
My major is Business/Economics/Chemistry
I don't need to know about Shakespeare to do my job well
Literature = record of human thoughts and emotions throughout history
This is what humanity is
Engineers design for humanity
Economists track spending habits of humans
how humans think and what they think about
analysis = critical thinking
Interpretation = abstract thinking
increase IQ by 2 points
In novels and short stories, we are given up-close and intensely personal representations of how characters succeed or fail at reading each other’s motives and desires.
For extra added cognitive benefit, we watch characters succeed or fail at reading other characters’ attempts to read other characters’ motives and desires.
According to Zunshine, the mental exercise involved in reading fiction serves an evolutionary purpose, deploying our theory of mind so as to flex and build the cognitive muscles that will help us navigate a bewilderingly complex world of subtle social cues.
Zunshine, Lisa. Why We Read Fiction: Theory of Mind and the Novel. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. 2006.
Essays and Articles
LOVE IT!
but not
for this course
This is not the material of this course.
A short piece of writing on a particular subject, generally written as a response to a question or proposition.
LOVE IT!
but not
for this course
I Was Told There'd Be Cake (2010): Crosley's essays on why all her relationships fail.
The Death of the Author (1967). Roland Barthles argues that the reader is more important than the writer.
The Confessions of St. Augustine (400 AD): how to be a good Christian
An article is a piece of writing that is included with others in a newspaper, magazine or other publication. It is written to inform the readers about a concept.
LOVE IT!
but not
for this course
Academic Article
Popular Article
LOVE IT!
but not
for this course
book length examination of an event or an idea
Tales & Myths
Poetry
events and characters are creations of the author's imagination
Short
Story
This is our focus in this course
In this course, we will focus and define our understanding of each genre
Novel
Drama
EARN
WANT an A
negotiate with the professor
demonstrate your knowledge
- genres of literature
- how to write about them
marker of student performance
reading and comprehension
understanding genre
analysis
discussion
writing about literature
C = average
NOT
how much the professor likes you
how much you want an A
F C B A
demonstrate that you know the terms of Literature
and can use them correctly
this is the person who tells the story
They will refer to themselves as "I" because this is the personal pronoun for the first person
"I" is not their name
YOU should not refer to them as "I"
Refer to them as "the narrator" or "the speaker"
Article
Essay
General:
Specific:
Refer to the author by last name [family name]
Example: If you were writing about my book Hard Surfaces, you would write
"Marquardt's collection of short stories, Hard Surfaces, is an examination of..."
Please do not write:
Jennifer's book...
You already know how academic writing works (from ENG 1300 and ENG 1430)
You will be using those skills again in this class
you already know how to do this
(but I will remind you)
new skills
Present Tense
MLA Citation & Formatting
resource: OWL Purdue
What the author is trying to do/ wants to convey
What YOU think a work means
- and why
- support with evidence & explanation
by Roland Barthes (1967)
"The birth of the reader comes at the cost of the death of the author" (Barthes 11).
There are a few ways to demonstrate your knowledge in this class:
1) Discussion questions
2) Oral Presentations
3) Final Analysis Paper *