ENGL 200 - American Thought & Literature I3 Credit (3 lecture, 0 lab) 3 Contact Hours [ENGL 100 or ENGL 101 ] A survey of American literature from the colonial period through the Civil War, with attention to representative cultural perspectives and intellectual movements. OFFERED: fall semesters
Course Goals; Objectives; Competencies Goal 1: Students will develop the ability to write academic papers, analyzing literary themes and connecting literature to social and cultural trends and values.
- Students will read and analyze primary and secondary literary texts.
- Students will write essays on literary works, combining secondary texts with their own analysis.
- Students will write essays situating literary texts and themes within the major social, political, and religious events of their eras.
- Students will use MLA documentation techniques.
Goal 2: Students will comprehend social and cultural trends of the times, as manifested in literary and historical texts.
- Students will engage in detailed class discussions analyzing literary texts and techniques and connecting literature with its influences.
- Students will analyze secondary texts by literary and social critics.
- Students will make oral presentations that synthesize their understanding of primary and secondary literary texts.
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