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Foundations of Literary Studies (ENG 203)

Term: 2020-2021 Academic Year Fall

Faculty

David G Pedersen

Spring '25

Dr. David G. Pedersen (profile link)

Office Location: Jones Faculty Services F8

Email: dpedersen@cofo.edu

Phone: ex. 2251

 

Office Hours*: M   10-11am

                         T    8-10:30am

                         W   3-4pm

                         Th  8-10:30am

                       (or by appt.)

*Office hours are first come, first served. If you would like to meet with me, please plan to come to my office. If students are waiting, I will limit appointments to 10 minutes. If your window to meet with me is limited by class or a campus workstation to 30 minutes or less, you may reserve and appointment. Such reservations must be made least 24 hours in advance. Note: You are allowed to request time off from your workstation to meet with a professor. I expect you to make such a request before asking to meet with me outside of office hours.

 

†See the note above. If your circumstances do require a meeting outside of office hours, please email me with at least 3 different windows of availability at least 24 hours in advance of the earliest window.

Schedule

Mon-Wed-Fri, 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM (8/24/2020 - 12/17/2020) Location: MAIN MCKIB 204

Description

Students majoring or minoring in English will engage in close reading of selected works of literature, gaining interpretive skills and a working critical vocabulary to facilitate their studies in English. Primary emphasis will be placed on writing critical essays using New Critical and Formalist interpretative strategies, with some exposure to newer theoretical approaches. Fall