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Winter Term information

184TA: Fishing in Literature

Course Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM MTWF
Location: Julian Auditorium 147
Fees: None
Prerequisites: None

To the uninitiated, reading literature is a way to access a surface-level story. To those who have developed analytical and critical thinking skills, however, reading literary work is a method of studying the world we all live in. In this course you will read several books and approximately sixteen short pieces (short stories, poems and essays). We will also watch several films. There are really no accidents in the act of creating literary art, and with that in mind you will be asked to read each piece closely and evaluate the choices the writer has made. You will have to read in this class, and read thoroughly. You will also be expected to write response papers, analytical papers, and discuss the work in class, and these requirements will help you learn how to express what it is you think the writer is saying about this world. You can also expect to face quizzes on the reading material from time to time. Everything we read will connect, somehow, to fishing. Because, really, what else is there to write about? Nothing else matters.