- lecture/discussion
- interviews
- group work
- instructor feedback on students’ written work
Selected literary texts (see sample list).
Selected secondary source materials:
- autobiographical material
- biography
- literary criticism and theory
- cultural and intellectual history
- other arts (music, fine arts, film, etc.)
The successful student should be able to
- Recognize the significance of the literary and non-literary or cultural context of a work being studied, such as biographical, historical, mythological, and philosophical contexts;
- Read critically secondary sources, such as criticism and other texts by the same author, as an aid to comprehending the primary text being studied;
- Read critically and independently works or aspects of works not discussed in class;
- Discern both continuity and change within the body of poetry written in English; and
- Formulate a thesis on a given subject in one or more specific works and develop this, using suitable textual evidence.
Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.
Instructors may use a student's record of attendance and/or level of active participation in the course as part of the student's graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the Instructor's Course Outline.
A minimum of 15% must be in-class paragraphs or essays.
A minimum of four evaluations, two of which must be academic essays with a combined value of at least 40% of the course grade.
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students
Sample reading list:
- Blake, Songs of Innocence and Experience
- Plath, Ariel
- Yeats, Selected Poetry
Any one university-transferable 3-credit ENGL course, or by permission of Instructor.
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