Learning Outcomes

1. Develop a capacity for close attention to language structure and language use.
2. Develop familiarity with and appreciation for major authors, literary movements and genres and their place in the development of American, British and other literatures.
3. Build the skills required to write persuasive, coherent explications of literary texts, to appropriately support arguments with both primary and secondary source material and to properly employ the conventions of documentation as a foundation for writing effective critical essays in upper-division courses.
4. Develop familiarity with the core issues in writing studies.
5. Situate each literary work within its cultural traditions and genres.
6. Apply theories and research methods to analyze and interpret literature.
7. Analyze how literature relates to culture, society and the individual.