ENGL 2342 - Forms of Literature I

3 Credits (3 hrs. lec.) One semester of a two-semester course on literary forms. This course examines a genre, or a combination of genres, in greater depth than does the one semester course, ENGL 2341. Instructors are free to choose their own emphasis. The literary genre or genres taught in this course emphasize the multicultural competencies. (1601045113) Prerequisite: ENGL 1301 and ENGL 1302
Course Outcomes
1 - Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions.
2 - Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.
3 - Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions.
4 - Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
5 - Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.