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Academic Year 2001/2002


Interpretation in Fiction
ENGL 248 SP

The fictional character, narrator, and implied reader as interpreters of the fictional world are studied. Writers' versions of the interpretive act as keys to the interpretation of their works and to the nature of interpretation in general.

MAJOR READINGS

Works of fiction by such writers as Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Balzac, Flaubert, Woolf, Henry James, Wolfe, Kafka, Robbe-Grillet, Ellison, Calvino, and Nabokov.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three five page papers and a final exercise.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office. This is an advanced fiction course, but students with an interest in the process of interpretation from whatever perspective are encouraged to enroll.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002


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