ENGL 120 What to Read: Life-Changing Literature

3 Credit(s)

If students could gather English professors in a room and find out what novels, stories, poets, and films they find most exciting, what would the students learn? This course offers an introduction to literature written in English, from medieval England to the present, exploring how literature inspires a deeper understanding of the self, others, and society. A team of English professors explain what literary works they have found to be most meaningful and important, offering students the opportunity to experience the life-changing power of literature. The text and the lecturer change every week, while students participate in a weekly discussion section. Lectures, discussions and writing assignments cultivate skills of active and open-ended interpretation, literary analysis, conceptual thinking, and the investigation of varied cultural forms.

Distribution Area: Humanities