ENGL&112 — Introduction to Fiction
This course explores fiction from many cultures, communities, and literary traditions across different time periods. Students will read a survey of short stories, novels, and other narrative forms from a variety of genres, styles, and historical periods while exploring diverse voices and lived experiences of underrepresented and marginalized communities. Students will examine elements such as character development, point of view, symbolism, setting, and theme while discussing how fiction connects to social, political, historical, and cultural issues, and thinking about whose stories are often centered and whose are left out. Students will also build skills in close reading, critical thinking, interpretation, and analysis.