Course Syllabus
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Lecture 1 Understanding Literature: Some Big Questions
Lecture 2 Language
Lecture 3 The Text
Lecture 4 The Author
Lecture 5 The Audience
Lecture 6 Genres
Lecture 7 Formalism and Forms: Primarily Poetry
Lecture 8 Form, Pattern, and Symbol: Prose
Lecture 9 Literature and the Mind
Lecture 10 What Is Postmodernism and Why Are People Saying Such Horrible Things About It?
Lecture 11 Identity Politics
Lecture 12 Culture and Cultural Production
Lecture 13 The Literary Canon
Lecture 14 What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Literature?
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Course Overview
In A Way with Words: Writing, Rhetoric, and the Art of
Persuasion, widely published professor Michael D.C. Drout
embarked on a thought-provoking investigation into the role
of rhetoric in our world. Now, in A Way with Words II:
Approaches to Literature, the renowned literary scholar leads a
series of lectures that focus on the big questions of literature.
Is literature a kind of lie? Can fiction ever be "realistic"?
Why do we read? What should we read? Professor Drout provides
insight into these and other provocative questions,
including those related to the role of the text, author, and
audience in the reading process. Throughout, Professor Drout
introduces the major schools of literary and critical thought
and employs illuminating examples from the world's most
important literary works.
Literature contributes to our understanding of what it means
to be human in a myriad of complex ways, and for all those
who appreciate the role of literature in our lives, this course
proves a wonderful exploration of one of humankind's most
cherished pursuits.
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 Way with Words II: Approaches to Literature (Booklet)
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Professor
Professor Michael D.C. Drout
(Wheaton College)
Michael D.C. Drout is an associate professor of English at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, where he teaches courses in Old and Middle English, medieval literature, Chaucer, fantasy, and science fiction.
Professor Drout received his Ph.D. in medieval literature from Loyola Universi...
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