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Literary Themes

After taking one of these courses, students should be able to apply a critical approach to one or several literary themes. To this end, students will learn to recognize the treatment of themes and conventions, understand a work’s relationship to cultural contexts and analyze a representative work. To pass any English 103 course at Dawson College, students must demonstrate the following abilities:

Reading

  • Identifying one or more themes in a literary work
  • Understanding the literal meaning of the work studied
  • Recognizing ways in which stylistic, rhetorical, and formal features of the works
  • Contributing to the expression and development of a theme
  • Perceiving and appreciating the significance of historical and cultural contexts

Writing

  • Developing a literary analysis of a theme or themes within the works
  • Developing a critical analysis that is distinct from a personal reaction or plot summary
  • Locating supporting evidence within the literary work, presenting it clearly and logically, and explaining how the evidence supports the thesis
  • Maintaining unity and coherence throughout the essay.
  • Writing clear and error-free sentences

Please note that not all the courses listed below are offered every term:



Course Number Course Name C - L - H Hrs
603-103-MQAfrican and Asian Literature 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQAmerican Gothic 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQDreams in Literature 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQExtremities 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQFairy Tales Then and Now 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQFool for Love 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQGender Issues in Drama 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQGender Issues in Literature 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQGo to Hell! 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQHuman vs. Nature 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQHuman vs. Nature? 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQIdentity in American Fiction 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQImages in Black and White 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQIntroduction to Shakespeare 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQJane Austen and her World 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQJournalism and the Novel 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQLinked Futures in Science Fiction 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQLiterary Symbolism 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQLiterature and the Sea 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQMaking Humans: Themes in Science Fiction 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQModern American Literature 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQMontreal Jewish Writing 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQMythology 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQNative Perspectives 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQNature, Humanity, Technology 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQNewspaper Writing II 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQPost-Colonial Literature 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQPostcolonial Literature: Africa 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQQuest for Identity 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQRepresentations of Family 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQShakespeare 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQThe Castaway Narrative 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQThe City: Intersection of Text and Place 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQThe Gothic Tradition 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQThe Immigrant Experience 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQThe Other 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQThe Unheroic Hero 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQThe Visual Image 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQThemes in Modern Irish Literature 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQTravel Literature 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQTwentieth-Century Novel 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQTwentieth-Century Themes 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQUtopia/Dystopia 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQVariations on a Folk Tale 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQVariations on a Folktale 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQWriting the Great War 2 - 2 - 360 
603-103-MQYouth Culture and Coming of Age 2 - 2 - 360 
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