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ENGLISH

ENG 201W - Critical Approaches to Fiction
Four Quarter Hours

 
Prerequisites: Students must have completed on of the following: ENG 151, 152, 153A or 153B.
 
Course Overview: This course is designed to increase the enjoyment of reading by helping the student gain a sophisticated knowledge of the literary works covered in the course. It is expected that the student will read on both the narrative and symbolic level and study various techniques used in writing fiction. The course contains works covering some of the major authors of the twentieth century.
 
Methods of Course Instruction: All material for this course is web-based. Instructor and students communicate through e-mail. All assignments are submittd through the course website. Examinations cannot be taken by e-mail.
 
Textbooks and Supplies: ISBN 0140150358   Chekhov, Anton, The Portable Chekhov, ed., A. Yarmolinsky, NY: Penguin

ISBN 0156907399   Woolf, Virginia, To The Lighthouse, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

ISBN 0140186476   Joyce, James, Dubliners, eds. Scholes, Robert, and Litz, Walton A., NY: Penguin

ISBN 0684833395   Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, NY: Simon and Schuster

And either:
ISBN 0385240899   Barth, John The Floating Opera / End of the Road, NY: Doubleday

Or:
ISBN 0142437611   Bellow, Saul, Seize the Day, NY: Penguin, 2003

...available from EdMap's distance-learning online bookstore.

STUDENTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO BUY TEXTBOOKS UNTIL REGISTERED IN COURSES AS REQUIRED EDITIONS CAN CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
 

Technical Requirements: The following operating systems and browsers are fully tested and supported by Blackboard:

∙ Windows 2000 running Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox 1.0.x
∙ Windows XP running Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox 1.0.x
∙ Macintosh OS 10.3 running Internet Explorer 5.2 or Safari 1.2

Other combinations of operating systems and browsers may be compatible with Blackboard 6.3. However, they have not been fully tested so you may experience problems.

 
Number of Lessons: There are nine lessons, including two graded examinations.
 
Types of Writing Assignments: These assignments will consist of questions concerning the reading as well as short papers on themes and symbols found in the books.
 
Examinations: There will be supervised, two-hour, midcourse and final examinations. There will be objective questions and essay questions asked. The final examination for English 201 will focus upon the material covered since the midcourse examination.

If you reside near an Ohio University campus, you must take your examination at the nearest campus. Others can arrange to have their examinations proctored at another accredited college or university or, if it is more convenient, at an accredited local high school. Ohio University reserves the right to reject a proposed examination supervisor. Detailed information about examination procedures will be included with your enrollment material. Examinations may not be taken online nor by e-mail.
 
Grading Criteria:The course grade will be based both on the grades for the individual lessons and on the examination results. The marks on the examinations will count somewhat more heavily than those on the lessons.
 

Enrollment Information: Active Terms: Not term-based; self-paced study. Five months to finish.

Registration Dates: Enroll at any time.

Call Independent and Distance Learning Programs at 1-800-444-2910 if you have questions about this course, the enrollment process, or Ohio University degree opportunities.

Ohio Learning Networkers: Always check with your home campus advisor to make certain that a course from another school will fulfill your degree requirements.
Program Information:

 
Haning Hall - Ohio University - Athens, Ohio 45701
Tel: 1-877-OU LEARN (toll-free)
 

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