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Overview

ENGL 212 is a three-credit course in two parts. In Part 1, a wide variety of examples, from Shakespeare to Atwood, introduce the forms of poetry. Students will examine poetry’s themes, structure, style, and imagery.

Part 2 introduces the elements and forms of drama and provides a historical perspective on the development of drama, with reference to three plays: a tragedy from the early seventeenth century, a tragi-comedy from the late nineteenth century, and a modern comedy.

Learning outcomes

ENGL 212 has five major learning outcomes. After completing this course, students should be able to:

1. Classify poems and plays into the categories covered in the course by recognizing key traits and recalling representative titles and authors.
2. Articulate the relationship between form and content in written works by identifying the links between poetic and dramatic categories, relevant figurative elements, and the content of a piece.
3. Create interpretive argumentative analyses by crafting an explicit thesis, a central line of reasoning, and analytical support.
4. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences in styles and themes in the works covered in the course by offering an evaluative argument, a transparent standard, and comparative analyses.

Outline

ENGL 212 consists of nine units, organized in two parts:

Part 1: Poetry

Part 2: Plays

Evaluation

To receive credit for ENGL 212, students must complete and submit all of the assignments and write the Final Exam. Students must achieve a minimum grade of D (50 percent) on the Final Exam and an overall grade of at least D (50 percent) for the course.

Students will be evaluated on their understanding of the concepts presented in the course and on their ability to apply those concepts. The final grade in the course will be based on the marks achieved for the following activities.

Activity	Weight
Assignment Essay 1: Poetry: Argumentative Analysis	10%
Assignment Essay 2: Poetry: Comparative Analysis	25%
Assignment Essay 3: Drama: Argumentative Analysis	25%
Final Exam	40%
Total	100%

The final examination for this course must be requested in advance and written under the supervision of an AU-approved exam invigilator. Invigilators include either ProctorU or an approved in-person invigilation centre that can accommodate online exams. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Information on exam request deadlines, invigilators, and other exam-related questions, can be found at the Exams and grades section of the Calendar.

Materials

Digital course materials

Links to the following course materials will be made available in the course:

Baldick, Chris. The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. 4th edition, Oxford University Press, 2015, .  (91ÖÆƬ³§Library)

Ibsen, Henrik. Hedda Gabler. Translated by Edmund Gosse and William Archer, Lerner Publishing Group, 2015. ProQuest Ebook Central. (91ÖÆƬ³§Library)

MacDonald, Ann-Marie. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). Vintage Canada, 1998.

Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Folger Shakespeare Library, 2025, . (91ÖÆƬ³§Library)

Other materials

All other materials are available online.

Challenge for credit

Overview

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

Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

Evaluation

To receive credit for the ENGL 212 challenge registration, students must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent) on the exam, and an overall grade of at least D (50 percent).

Activity	Weight
Critical Essay	50%
Exam	50%
Total	100%

Challenge for credit course registration form

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