Faculty First Year Seminars 191ENGL4 - Reading the Campus

This course introduces students to a selection of stories from around the world which can be described as Campus Stories. The seminar forms a community of students engaging with each other through a lively weekly discussion of a short story or an extract from a longer work. The course encourages the practice of "slow reading" which encourages students to develop their own close reading of text, a skill applicable to any course of study. Discussions will focus on why the campus is an appealing setting for writers of mystery, romance, psychological, and other genres. In our exploration of such literature we will also begin to explore the manner in which a campus functions as a place of learning and a community. Students will be informed about, and encouraged to take full advantage of, the opportunities and experiences available to them on their own campus, which will form part of our classroom.

First-year (R1ST)