Overview
Description
Intensive study of the novel with attention to its history and development.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Admission to graduate standing in the department of English.
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Admission to graduate standing in the department of English.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years
Terms
fall
Restrictions
Admission to graduate standing in the department of English.
Attributes
StandardRepeatable up to 8 credits
Learning Outcomes
- engage with and apply critical and theoretical debates about the novel as generic category.
- identify the distinctive features of the novel from its origins to the present, and will be able to discuss the contributions of major authors to the form.
- produce writing of a professional quality that makes a contribution to ongoing conversations about the status of the novel.
- synthesize some aspect of the course materials and the relevant secondary literature to write a well-crafted research paper.