ENGL 201 American Literature I

This course surveys a range of work produced in the United States of America from the time of the European immigrations of the 1600s through the post-Civil War era. Representative literary works by men and women from diverse ethnic, racial, and social groups are studied in their historical, social, political, and economic context for what they both reflect and reveal about the evolving American experience – including fiction, nonfiction, and writings from the American Revolution.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Identify and apply appropriate literary terminology and literary criticism (perspectives) in order to evaluate and analyze ideas within early American literature.
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider economic, historical, political, and cultural issues in early American literature.
3. Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis.
4. Analyze literary works for an academic audience.
5. Organize ideas and source material in order to make clear, cohesive arguments about literature.
6. Communicate effectively an understanding of the literature and present it to others.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and apply appropriate literary terminology and literary criticism (perspectives) in order to evaluate and analyze ideas within early American literature.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Writing Assignment: Literary Analysis

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
   • CT3
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider economic, historical, political, and cultural issues in early American literature.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Writing Assignment: Literary Analysis

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   2. Analyze literature in light of historical and cultural contexts.

3. Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Writing Assignment: Literary Analysis

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   4. Compose and present creative and original projects of literary analysis supported by scholarly research and documentation.

4. Analyze literary works for an academic audience.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric

   Oral Communication

   • OC1
5. Organize ideas and source material in order to make clear, cohesive arguments about literature.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric
   • Writing Rubric

   Oral Communication

   • OC2
   • OC3
6. Communicate effectively an understanding of the literature and present it to others.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric
   • Writing Rubric

   Oral Communication

   • OC4

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Compose and present creative and original projects of literary analysis supported by academic sources and documentation.