ENGL 2310 - US Literature I
This course surveys major American authors from the colonial age through 1870. As many authors as possible are covered to provide a solid background for understanding the American cultural heritage.
Credits: 3
Instructional Method Lecture
General Education Requirement: Humanities
Comments: This course does not meet UW’s Human Culture requirement unless transferred as part of an Associate degree.
Prerequisites:
Complete an advanced writing course with C or better, or instructor consent
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of ENGL 2310 US Literature I, the student will:
- Demonstrate the ability to think critically about works of American literature from the colonial period to 1870.
- Exhibit the ability to read assigned texts closely.
- Develop interpretational analyses of assigned texts.
- Clearly articulate the findings of critical interpretational analyses.
- Recognize the major movements and periods of American literature from the colonial period to 1870.
- Discuss the basic and more abstract elements of different genres of literature of this period using appropriate literary terminology.
- Identify recurring cultural and literary themes as they appear in selected works of this period of American literature.
Program Outcomes
English AA
PO#4 Analyze various forms of literature and the role literature plays in life, culture and history.
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