ENGL 2610 - Introduction to Prose Fiction

Objectives:

1. Identify key structural elements of a text.
2. Provide meaningful descriptions of the structures of the works being studied.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to understand and critically evaluate the theme, tone, point of view, and setting of works being studied.

Objectives:

1. Recognize and discuss the theme, tone, point of view, and setting of prose fiction works.
2. Discuss how the author’s concerns, style, persona, and description of setting contribute to the way prose fiction works.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to demonstrate an ability to analyze character.

Objectives:

1. Develop criteria for analyzing character.
2. Recognize and discuss the contribution of setting, theme, tone, and structure to the reader’s perception of character.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to develop an individual evaluation of the writer’s conception of the world and the system of values that accompanies it.

Objectives:

1. Recognize and discuss the writer’s use of prose fiction’s common themes.
2. Evaluate the place of historical forces or events in the writer’s work.
3. Analyze the writer’s role in literary movements or the writer’s place in the historical development of prose fiction.
4. Discuss the socio‐economic background presented in the world of the writer’s work.
5. Compare international and multicultural aspects of the various worlds presented in the works being studied.

Outcome 5:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to recognize the interplay of reason, imagination, and emotion in prose fiction.

Objectives:

1. Explain of the role of reason in the works being studied.
2. Recognize and discuss the role of imagination in the works being studied.
3. Evaluate the role of emotion in the works being studied.
4. Describe prose fiction as the artistic creation of the whole human being, encompassing reason, imagination, and emotion.

Outcome 6:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to write papers that combine literary analysis with correct standard documentation format.

Objectives:

1. Shape a controlling idea for each paper, stated in an introduction.
2. Develop the controlling idea for each paper in a body, using appropriate support and evidence.
3. Organize each paper appropriately, unifying paragraphs by means of topic sentences, linking paragraphs by a variety of transitions, and arranging the main points effectively.
4. Summarize the controlling idea of each paper in a conclusion.
5. Document sources used for each paper according to standard format.

1. Definition: What is the Novel? Novel, Novella, and other prose fiction.
2. Reading the Novels.
   1. Setting, Point of View, and Tone.
   2. Character and Theme.
   3. Structure and Plot.
3. The Writer’s System of Values.
   1. Common Themes.
   2. Historical Developments.
   3. Literary Movements.
   4. Socio‐Economic Backgrounds.
   5. Multiculturalism.
4. The Writer’s Conception of the World.
   1. Reason.
   2. Imagination.
   3. Emotion.