Course Outline of Record

Item	Value
Curriculum Committee Approval Date	12/02/2020
Top Code	150200 - Language Arts
Units	0 Total Units
Hours	10-36 Total Hours (Lecture Hours 10-36)
Total Outside of Class Hours	0
Course Credit Status	Noncredit (N)
Material Fee	No
Basic Skills	Basic Skills (B)
Repeatable	Yes; Repeat Limit 99
Grading Policy	P/NP/SP Non-Credit (D)

Course Description

This course will guide students to read works of literature, written in the English language and in translation. Focusing on a single text, short series, or a limited group of related texts, this class will help students learn the methodologies of close reading and analysis to become more avid, savvy readers of texts of all kinds. This noncredit course is an optional support course; it is not a prerequisite for any other English course. This noncredit course can be paired with another English noncredit course for a certificate of competency. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE. Not Transferable.

Course Level Student Learning Outcome(s)

1. Analyze significant historical, philosophical, cultural, and aesthetic implications of representative works of literature.

Course Objectives

• 1. Identify a variety of literary techniques and the effects of these techniques on the reader.
• 2. Discuss a particular work and what it reveals about human nature and interpret short fiction with others
• 3. Compare a particular work of literature with other literary works, and pursuing meaning in often challenging texts.

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Lecture Content

Literary analysis Canonical works of the Western and Eastern civilizations Identify and apply tools of literary analysis  The role of the texts author Tools of the writer The effect an authors choices have on the readers experience of the texts meaning. Constructing meaning from texts The effect of the readers individual experiences The effect of the readers reflection on possible alternative narratives

Method(s) of Instruction

• Enhanced NC Lect (NC1)
• Online Enhanced NC Lect (NC5)
• Live Online Enhanced NC Lect (NC9)

Instructional Techniques

Lecture, discussion, small group sharing

Reading Assignments

Students will be required to read from the assignment text

Writing Assignments

Not required - noncredit course

Out-of-class Assignments

Reading and reflection

Demonstration of Critical Thinking

Reflection on how we construct meaning from texts.

Required Writing, Problem Solving, Skills Demonstration

Experiencing the narrative of others through the interpretation of literature

Other Resources

1. Instructor assigned readings