Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Winona Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Winona Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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E172 Readers and Writers

3 credit(s)
This course is designed to acquaint students with works of “self-referential” literature, i.e., literary works that reflect upon their own status as literature while also performing their other functions as a story, poem, or play.  For example, we read a novel that not only tells a story but that also reflects on the act of storytelling and how storytelling shapes meaning in our lives and in our culture.  Studying such literary works allows students not only to practice traditional conventions of reading, such as textual analysis, interpretation and critical thinking, but also encourages a deeper reflection on the act of reading itself and its role in shaping who we are.  The literature in the class thus becomes not only the source of the answers to literary questions (what does this poem mean?) but also the source of important questions about literature and culture (how does literature make meaning?  Why should one read?  What is the effect of reading?). Prerequisite: E120  or E120 /E220  placement.



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