English 393 - Spring, 2013

Teaching Literature and Composition

Class Information

Instructor: Watkins, Evan
CRN: 42831
Time: F 12:10-2:00
Location: 120 Voorhies

Description

This course is intended for 2012-2013 instructors for ENL 3. The emphasis throughout will be on hands-on practice. I'll have you review some of the formal vocabulary and methods of close reading appropriate for teaching narrative, drama and poetry in ENL 3, and we'll discuss models for the teaching of each genre. We'll spend some considerable time in discussing ways of integrating the teaching of composition with literary analysis. In addition to these in-class exercises, I'll ask you to plan on visiting one of the ENL 3 courses being taught during the term. Books for the course are listed below, with ISBN numbers.

Grading

S/U grading. Students must submit a draft syllabus by deadline in order to receive an "S" grade.

Texts

Reading and Writing About Literature (3rd edition, MLA 2012), Gardner
The Making of a Poem: An Anthology of Poetic Forms, Strand and Boland
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, Baldick