Students continue to develop skills in close critical reading comprehension and written composition through exploration and evaluation of major writers and works in American literature after 1900. Through reading representative literary works, including poetry, nonfiction, prose fiction, and drama, and through analysis of the rise of American modernism and other historical and cultural contexts, students learn critically and creatively to interpret American literary texts, applying a range of rhetorical strategies, and diverse critical perspectives. Students reflect on and articulate the complexities of the American literary identity and assumptions of various American historical, political, and cultural contexts. Students investigate a topic, using 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 major writers and works in American literature after 1900. Through reading representative literary works, including poetry, nonfiction, prose fiction, and drama, and through analysis of the rise of American modernism and other historical and cultural contexts, students learn critically and creatively to interpret American literary texts, applying a range of rhetorical strategies, and diverse critical perspectives. Students reflect on and articulate the complexities of the American literary identity and assumptions of various American historical, political, and cultural contexts. Students investigate a topic, using 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.
