Humanities

Literature Study Guide

Close reading of literary texts — poetry, fiction, drama — with attention to form, theme, historical context, and literary theory.

Core topics in Literature

Literature essays require both close reading and theoretical framing. Students strong in one direction usually weak in the other.

Fennie pairs close-reading exercises with theoretical-framework prompts, so both skills develop in parallel.

Yes — SparkNotes-only students get caught on detail-specific questions.

Increasingly yes at the upper level. Intro courses often skip it.

Yes — including specific passage analysis with rubric grading.

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Logic, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology — the systematic study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, and value.

Academic writing — argument, evidence, organization, style, and the craft of persuasive prose.

Craft of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction — character, voice, structure, revision, and the writer's discipline.