LIT 341 American Literature: Beginnings-1870

General

• Understand and apply literary terms, theoretical concepts, reading strategies, and analytical methods to the study of American Literature, from its beginnings to 1870 at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Know the historical and aesthetic development of American Literature, from its beginnings to 1870 at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Interpret American Literature, from its beginnings to 1870, applying biographical and/or cultural evidence as relevant at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Articulate substantial and clearly presented responses to American Literature, from its beginnings to 1870 at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Conduct literary analysis that is responsive to details and to complexities of text and theme in American Literature, from its beginnings to 1870 at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Read and respond to American Literature, from its beginnings to 1870, with intelligence and sensitivity at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Demonstrate familiarity with genres and subgenres of American Literature, from its beginnings to 1870, and understand the development and characteristics of these subgenres at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Master the integration of literary evidence into the student's own writing, including standard formatting and citation practices at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Interrogate the construction and evolution of uniquely American literary models and ideals as expressed through the timeframe of this course at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.