ENG 450NEvaluating Literature

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ENG 450N Evaluating Literature - We ask you to read a variety of books in your courses. But how do you know whether what you're reading is any good or not? In this course we will discuss criteria critics have used for centuries to address that question, and you will develop your own criteria so that the next time anyone asks if what you're reading is any good or not, you will be able to back up your answer. We will read Light in August, Catcher in the Rye, Grendel, The World According to Garp, A Virtuous Woman, and The Road, as well as some poetry. Freshmen Restricted.