Course Outcomes
Critical Thinking
Develop reading strategies that explore how texts are constructed to present a set of argument (historical, aesthetic, etc.) and use those critical reading skills to interpret the texts' concerns and to trace interrelationships among them.
History, Context, Genres, Themes, and Ethics
Explain the historical and literary contexts, genres and themes, and ethical dimensions of the major author's life and representative works. (A section of the major exam on each author will ask you to discuss these dimensions.)
Critical Thinking
Explain the historical and literary contexts, genres and themes, and ethical dimensions of the major author's life and representative works. (A section of the major exam on each author will ask you to discuss these dimensions.)