Provides teachers of English with background and experiences relevant to using reading, writing, and a range of other classroom social languages to teach literature to a culturally and intellectually diverse population of students. Explores relevant literary theories, texts, and genres, and examines contemporary and historical perspectives on the meaning and function of stories in both personal and democratic public life. Restricted to students admitted to the secondary English education program. Prerequisites: Restriced to Educ-Curriculum & Instruction (EDCI), English - Secondary Education (EDEN), Inst & Curr + Sec English Licn (ICCE), Social Studies-Secondary Educ. (EDSS) or Inst & Curr + Sec Soc Std Licn (ICCH) majors only.