Platt College San Diego

LIT101 - Introduction to Literature

30 hours - 2.00 semester credit hours

The course serves as an introduction to literature and creative writing. It will initiate the students to the realm of prose, poetry and drama and will contribute to the appreciation of intrinsic beauty of the written text. Through analyzing the examples of literature, attending a poetry reading, a theater piece, and mainly creative writing inspired by literature, the students will acquire an understanding of the different genres in literature and their principles as are character, conflict, point of view, setting, symbolism, figurative language, tone, and theme.