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    English (ENGL) 211


    Prose Forms (Revision 6)

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    Area of Study: Humanities

    Prerequisite: None. Students without prior


    Register by
    writing instruction are strongly urged to take
    January 10
    ENGL 255.
    ○
    Precluded Course:ENGL 211 cannot be To start by
    taken for credit if credit has already been February 1
    obtained for ENGL 210.

    Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social


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    Overview
    In ENGL 211 students will examine a variety of fictional works in prose. The texts that will be studied in this course
    include American, British, and Canadian short stories and novels, ranging from the nineteenth to the twenty-first
    century. By examining these works and the accompanying commentaries in the Study Guide, students will
    encounter major literary concepts, terms, and analytical strategies.

    Outline
    ○ Units 1 and 2 examine a range of short stories by authors such as Ernest Hemingway, Eudora Welty, Amy Tan, and
    Thomas King. These units also provide an introduction to the strategies of close reading, analytical writing, and
    selected key concepts in literary studies.

    ○ Units 3, 4, and 5 examine, respectively, a twenty-first century American novel, a twentieth-century Canadian novel,
    and a nineteenth-century British novel, as well as relevant literary and analytical concepts.

    Evaluation
    To receive credit for ENGL 211, you must achieve an overall grade of at least “D” (50 percent) and at least “D” (50
    percent) on the final exam. All assignments are required in order to pass the course. The weighting of the course
    assignments is as follows:

    Activity Weighting

    Essay 1 10%

    Essay 2 25%

    Essay 3 25%

    Final Exam 40%

    Total 100%

    The final examination for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an
    approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate
    online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.

    To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

    Course Materials
    Textbooks
    Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. 1861. New York: Oxford UP, 2008. Print.

    Findley, Timothy. The Wars. 1977. Toronto: Penguin, 2017. Print.

    Gardner, Janet E. and Joanne Diaz. Reading and Writing About Literature: A Portable Guide. 4th ed. Boston:
    Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2017. Print.

    Lahiri, Jhumpa. The Namesake. Boston: Mariner, 2003. Print.

    Stott, Jon C., and Raymond E. Jones, eds. The Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction. 5th ed. Toronto: Nelson Education,
    2012. Print.

    Other materials
    The course materials also include an online Course Information, Study Guide, and AU Student Manual.

    Challenge for Credit Course Overview


    The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the
    general subject matter, knowledge, and intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a
    university level course.

    Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

    & Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy

    & Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

    Challenge Evaluation
    To receive credit for the ENGL 211 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least 50 per cent on the
    examination and a grade of at least “D” (50 percent) overall.

    Activity Weighting

    Critical Essay 50%

    Exam 50%

    Total 100%

    Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form


    & Challenge for Credit Form

    Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery
    methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.

    Opened in Revision 6, August 9, 2016.

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