ENGL 20201 - Literary Interpretation

Close analysis of representative texts (poetry, drama, fiction) designed to develop art of lively, responsible reading through class discussion and writing of papers, including a documented research paper. Attention to literary design of critical method.

Preparation for Course
P: ENGL 13100 or 14000 with a Grade of C- or Better.

Cr. 3.
Notes
Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Read critically, summarize, apply, analyze, and synthesize information and concepts in written and visual texts as the basis for developing original ideas and claims.
2. Develop, assert and support a focused thesis with appropriate reasoning and evaluate evidence.
3. Recognize and describe humanistic, historical, or artistic works or problems and patterns of the human experience.
4. Apply disciplinary methodologies, epistemologies, and traditions of the humanities and the arts, including the ability to distinguish primary and secondary sources.
5. Analyze and evaluate texts, objects, events, or ideas in their cultural, intellectual or historical contexts.
6. Analyze the concepts and principles of various types of humanistic or artistic expression.
7. Create, interpret, or reinterpret artistic and/or humanistic works through performance or criticism.
8. Develop arguments about forms of human agency or expression grounded in rational analysis and in an understanding of and respect for spatial, temporal, and cultural contexts.
9. Analyze diverse narratives and evidence in order to explore the complexity of human experience across space and time.
10. Analyze literary texts, with particular emphasis on close reading.
11. Demonstrate understanding of texts from diverse global cultural contexts, taking into account the historical, social and political contexts in which they are produced and consumed.
12. Analyze the interaction of literature, language, culture, and identity.
13. Demonstrate an understanding of critical literary terminology.
14. Express their understanding of texts in written and oral form.
15. Use textual evidence to support their views, effectively incorporating primary and secondary sources in their writing and class discussion.
16. Use library databases to access scholarly sources for research.
17. Cite accurately primary and secondary sources using MLA format.