Students continue to develop skills in close critical reading comprehension and written composition through exploration and evaluation of selected major authors of the Augustan, Romantic and Victorian periods in English literature. Students critically and creatively evaluate a variety of literary texts, interpret and analyze a range of techniques and rhetorical strategies, and apply diverse critical perspectives. Through reading representative genres and through examination of these genres in their historical and cultural contexts, students learn to reflect critically and creatively and to articulate complexities and assumptions of various literary texts, considering their historical, political, and cultural contexts. They also consider the far-reaching influence of representative poets and novelists through the practice of scholarly writing that illustrates grammatically-correct style and appropriate documentation skills. Prerequisite: 6 credits of first-year English (with the exception of ENGL 1150) or equivalent or permission of instructor or department Chair.
Students continue to develop skills in close critical reading comprehension and written composition through exploration and evaluation of selected major authors of the Augustan, Romantic and Victorian periods in English literature. Students critically and creatively evaluate a variety of literary texts, interpret and analyze a range of techniques and rhetorical strategies, and apply diverse critical perspectives. Through reading representative genres and through examination of these genres in their historical and cultural contexts, students learn to reflect critically and creatively and to articulate complexities and assumptions of various literary texts, considering their historical, political, and cultural contexts. They also consider the far-reaching influence of representative poets and novelists through the practice of scholarly writing that illustrates grammatically-correct style and appropriate documentation skills. Prerequisite: 6 credits of first-year English (with the exception of ENGL 1150) or equivalent or permission of instructor or department Chair.
