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Mar 28, 2024
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ENG 372 - Literature and History II Description: Historical and critical studies in literature from the mid-17th century through the mid-19th century. May be repeated up to 10 credits under a different subtitle.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: ENG 302 and ENG 303.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explain the way a literary work can be analyzed and interpreted against the background of the literature of its particular period, citing several relevant authors for comparison
- Survey a literary movement or historical era within the Modern period with reference to canonical and non-canonical texts as well as a variety of literary genres, relating the literary history of the period to concurrent political, cultural, intellectual, and aesthetic histories
- Identify specific literary movements, as well as the socio-cultural implications of these movements, within the modern period
- Explain ways in which literature contributes to our knowledge of a particular period by aligning itself with or by articulating a significant different from dominant discourses
- Demonstrate knowledge of representative texts from specific periods and/or movements
Learner Outcomes Approval Date: 1/7/2011
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