LITR 201 - Patterns of Literature

3 Credit(s)

Provides experience in recognizing and responding critically to one or more common narrative (or other structural) strategies, including topics, plot structures, character types, and other recurrent patterns used in literature across historical, linguistic, and geographic boundaries. Examples include (but are not restricted to): quest/hero narratives, travel narratives, lyric poems, captivity/liberation narratives, coming-of-age stories, formal comedy, formal tragedy, star-crossed lovers, “Cinderella” stories, etc.