Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
Outcome
To discuss orally and in writing the essential conventions and elements of various literary genres and demonstrate the ability to discuss and analyze representative texts across genres and according to their particular conventions and expectations.
Outcome
To develop, synthesize and employ the vocabulary and methodologies of the major critical approaches to literature, including but not limited to close reading and textual analysis, as well as representative critical methodologies such as New Historicism, Feminist, Cultural Materialism, Post Colonial, and other contemporary theoretical approaches within the current literary scholarship.
Outcome
To develop and demonstrate required research methods and skills in English studies by working with various databases and library resources, accessing, assessing and synthesizing significant primary and secondary sources, and working with required bibliographic standards and guidelines in the Humanities, such as MLA. to critically consider and assess the major issues, debates and trajectories of English as a discipline and practice.
Outcome
To write successful research papers of varying lengths on genres, topics, and issues relevant to the scope of the course.