ENGL 2370 - Western American Literature

1. Compare a representative variety of the vast body of literature written about the American West.
2.  Examine the historical forces influencing the development of the American West.
3. Contrast the differences between formulaic and serious western fiction.
4. Analyze the influences that the land and landscape have on the people of the American West in terms of narrative character development.
5. Obtain an understanding of what constitutes Western American Literature as both regional and universal.
6. Critique methods and content of the writing.
7. Engage in exploratory writing-to-learn activities.
8. Produce formal writing-to-show-knowledge assignments.
9. Critique methods and content of the writing about the American West.
10. Compare the motivations of Western writers.

1. PO#1 Write well-developed college-level documents tailored to a specific writing situation.
2. PO#2 Critique a variety of written material with the concepts and terminology appropriate to the audience and genre.
3. PO#3 Apply appropriate concepts and terminology to different types and major periods of literature.
4. PO#4 Analyze various forms of literature and the role literature plays in life, culture, and history.
5. PO#5 Evaluate information from various forms, genres, and time periods to comment upon the universal and individual human experiences.