What Is Literature?

Description

What is literature and why does it matter? Explore the range of language arts that have come to be called literature, whether in print, manuscript, performance, or new media, and how they shape ideas and imaginations. Cultivate your analytic writing and discover new methods and language for scholarly study. Reading lists vary. Learning Hours: 120 (24 Lecture, 12 Tutorial, 84 Private Study) Requirements: Prerequisite None. Exclusion Maximum of 6.0 units of ENGL at the 100-level. Course Learning Outcomes: - Describe diverse ways that literature has been experienced and defined as an art. - Identify and describe different forms, media and genres of literary writing. - Explain the relevance of the social contexts of writers or audiences to literary expression. - Collaborate in analysis via discussion. - Analyze and write about literature using appropriate forms of argument, disciplinary terminology, and interpretive methods. Assessment/Exam Context: Course assessment and examinations vary by course; Queen's notes that eligible exchange students whose first language is not English may receive extra final-exam time. Exchange Registration Note: Arts and Science courses are open to exchange students subject to prerequisites and space. Most courses should be in Arts and Science; other faculties may be limited. Education, Medicine, and Nursing are not open to incoming exchange enrolment.