2/20/2015
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ELECTIVE COURSE
Humanities
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LAKE LAND COLLEGE
Course Information Form
COURSE NUMBER
SEM CR HRS
LIT 147
3
TITLE
LT HRS
3
Introduction to Fiction
LAB HRS
COURSE PCS#
Prerequisites:
ECH
SOE HRS
(Assigned by Administration)
A C or Better in Composition I (ENG 120)
IAI Code: H3 901,
EGL917
Catalog Description (40 Word Limit):
Students will read, discuss, and analyze short stories and novels written by different authors from a
variety of time periods as a way of appreciating and understanding the purposes, forms, terms, and
critical approaches associated with these two literacy modes.
List the Major Course Segments (Units)
Lt Hrs
Introduction to Fiction
Purpose, Criteria, and Limitations of the Literary Canon
Approaches to Critical Study and Criticism
Short Fiction
Novels
EVALUATION:
Quizzes
Lab Work
X
Exams
Projects
X
X
Lab Hrs
7
2
5
16
15
Oral Pres
Comp Final
Textbook:
Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Volume/Edition:
Copyright Date:
ISBN:
Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Fiction
James H. Pickering
Prentice Hall/Longman
12th Edition
2010
978-0-205-65034-7
Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Volume/Edition:
Copyright Date:
ISBN:
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
Joseph Gibaldi
Modern Language Association
7th Edition
2009
9781603290241
- A variety of novels will be listed on the course’s reading list.
* Students will produce 10–13 pages of typed formal work
X
X
Papers
Other
X*
Major Course Segment
Hours
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate, by generating a number of oral and
written in class responses, presenting a formal
presentation, and satisfactorily completing midterm
and comprehensive final exams: What motivates
people to read and what motivates writers to
produce literary texts; the cultural and historical
factors influencing the reader, writer, and text; how
fiction relates to a reader’s understanding of his/her
world; and the basic concerns, themes prevalent in
fiction.
Introduction to Fiction
7
Purposes, Criteria, and
Limitations of the Literary
Canon
2
- Produce a variety of oral and written in class
responses and successfully responding to essay
questions asked on the comprehensive final exam,
knowledge of the literary canon and the debate
surrounding the works it includes and excludes.
Approaches to Critical Study
and Criticism
5
- Produce a number of oral and written in class
responses, writing a formal and typed critical
analysis, and by satisfactorily completing the
comprehensive final exam.
Short Fiction
16
- Demonstrate an ability to discuss, examine, and
appreciate a variety of short stories by completing a
number of quizzes, presenting formal
individual/group presentations, producing formal,
typed literary responses, and performing
satisfactorily on midterm and comprehensive final
exams.
- Demonstrate a familiarity with the terms used
when analyzing fiction and study stories presenting
views that are possibly contrary to their own; stories
underscoring the significance of gender, race,
religion, and nationality; stories emphasizing class
structures and social constructs; and stories that
focus on key ethical and moral dilemmas by
completing a variety of in class quizzes, producing
formal, typed, one page responses to questions
posed, and satisfactorily responding to questions
posed on the comprehensive final exam.
Novels
15
- Demonstrate a familiarity with the history of the
novel, the evolving form of the novel, the common
themes prevalent in such works, and the major
novelists of the 19th and 20th centuries by
generating a number of oral and written responses
in class, and satisfactorily completing the midterm
and comprehensive final exam.
- Demonstrate an ability to read, study, interpret,
and interact with a number of novels produced
during a variety of time periods by presenting formal
individual/group presentations, participating in
student-directed discussions, completing quizzes,
producing oral and written responses to questions
posed in class, producing formal, typed literary
analyses, and responding adequately to questions
asked on the midterm and comprehensive final
exams.
General Education Goals
Communication
Students will communicate professionally and effectively through
a. Reading
b. Listening/Observing
c. Speaking
d. Writing
Critical Thinking
Students will apply critical thinking skills through
a. Locating information
b. Evaluating sources
c. Analyzing data and arguments
d. Interpreting initial results
e. Transferring insights to new contexts
Foundational Knowledge
Students will demonstrate foundational knowledge in the liberal arts and sciences.
Course Outcomes: At the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the motivation behind why certain controversial texts were
viewed as inappropriate and whether those arguments are valid.