5/8/2025 4:49:41 PM	ENGL C1002 Course Outline as of Fall 2026	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ENGL C1002	Title:  INTRO TO LITERATURE
Full Title:  Introduction to Literature
Last Reviewed:5/5/2025

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  ENGL 1B

Catalog Description:

In this course, students are introduced to works by diverse authors and major literary genres, developing close reading and analytical writing skills. Students also develop appreciation for and critical understanding of the cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature.

 

 

 

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Prerequisites: Successful completion of college-level composition (ENGL C1000/ENGL C1000H/ENGL C1000E/C-ID ENGL 100) or equivalent.

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

In this course, students are introduced to works by diverse authors and major literary genres, developing close reading and analytical writing skills. Students also develop appreciation for and critical understanding of the cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature.

 

 

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Prerequisites: Successful completion of college-level composition (ENGL C1000/ENGL C1000H/ENGL C1000E/C-ID ENGL 100) or equivalent.
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
Area:	E	Humanities
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C2	Humanities		Fall 1981
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3B	Humanities		Fall 1995
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:
CID Descriptor: ENGL 120	Introduction to Literature	SRJC Equivalent Course(s): ENGLC1002

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Critically read, analyze, interpret, and write about significant works of literature, engaging with voices from a wide range of cultural and historical traditions.

2. Write well developed, logically organized and thesis-driven interpretive essays using one or more critical approaches to literature.

3. Analyze formal qualities of literature relative to texts' artistic, literary, and aesthetic contexts.

 

Objectives:

Statewide Required Objectives/Outcomes:

 

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Interpret and analyze a variety of diverse texts.

2. Identify key elements of major literary genres (including poetry, drama, fiction) in order to analyze and interpret texts.

3. Define common literary terms and apply them to the analysis of specific texts.

4. Compose formal written analyses of texts by diverse authors that demonstrate appropriate academic discourse and the conventions of literary analysis.

5. Integrate research, including primary and secondary sources, applying documentation skills responsibly and effectively.

 

Expanded and Additional Local Objectives/Outcomes:

 

6. Identify and distinguish, through close reading of texts and writing assignments, the differences between summary versus analysis and response versus interpretation.

7. Critically read literary criticism, including its foundational critical and theoretical terms, and apply them in the study of literature.

8. Situate texts within their respective historical, political, and cultural contexts.

9. Use a process-oriented approach to writing that includes revision in relation to instructor feedback.

Topics and Scope

Statewide Required Topics:

 

A minimum of 3 literary genres, including poetry, drama, and short fiction from diverse authors representing a wide range of cultures, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Other genres may include but are not limited to the novel, creative nonfiction, and essays.

Literary terminology, devices, and critical approaches.

Active and critical reading strategies.

Writing and thinking critically about literature, including literary analysis.

Minimum 5,000 words of writing which may include a combination of drafts, written peer response, and other forms of writing.

 

Expanded and Additional Local Topics:

 

I.  Understanding how literary genres and forms reflect, respond to, and influence various historical, political, and cultural contexts

II. Major genres of literature, including poetry, fiction, and drama

     A. Formal qualities of poetry, fiction, and drama

     B. Forms and sub-genres of each major genre

     C. Literary terminology relevant to each major genre

      D. Situating poetry, fiction, and drama in historical and cultural contexts

III. The Power of Language: Elements of Close reading

      A. Word choice within context

     B. Figurative language

     C. Efficiency of language

     D. Grammatical and syntactical choices

IV. Literary Analysis and Research

     A. Library research

     B. Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation

V. Schools of Literary Criticism

VI. Writing Literary Analysis Essays

Assignments:

1. Weekly reading assignments

2.  Class discussions

3.  Individual or group presentations or projects, such as

     a. Memorization

    b. Recitation

    c. Presentation(s) of a specific author, literary work, or literary period

4. Low-stakes, informal writing assignments that respond to a variety of artistic works, such as course readings, outside performance, videos, lectures, plays, and poetry readings, that may include

    a. reading response journals

    b. Summaries

    c. Personal response papers

    d. Close reading assignments

5. Library research assignments, such as  

     a. An annotated bibliography

    b. Research sessions with a librarian, etc.

6. Multiple essays of varying lengths including at least one essay that incorporates close reading, analytical writing skills, and literary analysis, inclusive of library research with Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation.  Students should receive feedback on at least one essay draft from their instructors.

7. Exams and/or quizzes

8. Optional field trips (ungraded)

9. Additional assignments as determined by the instructor may include

    a. Annotations

    b. In-class writing

    c. Portfolios

 

Statewide Required Methods of Evaluation:

 

Methods of evaluation used to observe or measure students' achievement of course outcomes are at the discretion of local faculty.

Formal writing, including essays.

Informal writing (examples include journals, discussions, annotations, reader responses, in-class writing, and responses to questions).

Minimum 5,000 words of writing which may include a combination of drafts, written peer response, and other forms of writing.

Other evaluation methods may include assignments such as quizzes, projects, presentations, and portfolios.

 

Expanded and Additional Local Methods of Evaluation: See table below.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 50 - 80%
Essays; research assignment(s); low-stakes, informal writing assignments
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 10%
Research assignment(s)
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 30%
Exams and/or quizzes (if assigned)
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 20%
Attendance and participation, class discussions, presentation, additional assignments (if assigned)

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Statewide Representative Textbooks:

 

Note: Multiple texts may be necessary to fulfill the purposes of this course. Any individual text listed below may not stand alone as sufficient. Text selection should include a diverse set of authorial voices that may include a range of cultures, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Open Educational Resources (OER) may be used in place of any type of text.

 

Representative Literature Textbooks (most recent edition):

Mays, Kelly. The Norton Introduction to Literature. W.W. Norton. 15th, 2024.

Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Writing, Thinking. Bedford/St. Martins.

Barnet, Sylvan, et al. An Introduction to Literature. Longman.

DiYanni, Robert. Literature, Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. McGraw-Hill.

 

Full-length novels or other separately published works.

 

Representative Writing Handbooks and/or Other Support Materials:

 

Gardner, Janet E. Writing About Literature: A Portable Guide. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins (also available with MLA insert), 6th, 2025.

Harmon, William, and C. Hugh Holman. A Handbook to Literature. Prentice Hall.

Textbooks older than 7 years must be clearly labeled as classic or legacy.

Texts used by individual institutions and even individual sections will vary.

 

 

Additional Local Representative Textbooks:

 

Portable Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing. 10th ed. Kirszner, Laurie and Mandell, Stephen. Cengage. 2024.

Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. 14th ed. Kennedy X. J., Gioa, Dana, and Stone, Dan. Pearson. 2020. (classic).

The MLA Handbook. 9th ed. Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA. 2021.

Any of the novels, plays, or poetry in the series Norton Critical Editions.

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