Learning Objectives and Outcomes
Objectives
- Understanding of the nature and uses of language in light of audience and purpose
- Development of evidence-based arguments
- Creative and critical response to literature in light of cultural values and literary history
- Critical reflection on the relationship between theory, research, and practice
Outcomes
English majors will be able to:
- Identify literary techniques and creative uses of language in literary texts
- Adapt their texts to particular audiences and purposes
- Articulate a thesis and present evidence to support it
- Find, evaluate, and use appropriate bibliographic materials in their texts
- Explain the relevance of themes found in literary texts to contemporary, personal, and cultural values
- Identify genres, conventions, and period-specific discourses and their relevance to broader historical forces
- Describe their own writing practices and how they have evolved
- Apply relevant theoretical concepts to literary or other texts and practices
