ENGL 207 Ethics in Literature

In this course, students study poems, short stories, drama, and novels with the intention of probing the ethical questions embedded within them. Students apply literary terminology and theory as well as basic principles of ethics in order to understand, analyze, and appreciate the literary works studied. 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Identify and apply appropriate literary terminology and ethical perspectives in order to evaluate and analyze ideas.
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider varied ethical perspectives/alternatives.
3. Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis.
4. Analyze how literature reflects personal and/or societal ethics and thus has relevance to today’s world and our own lives.
5. Analyze literary works for an academic audience.
6. Organize ideas and source material in order to make clear, cohesive arguments about literature.
7. Communicate effectively an understanding of the literature and present it to others.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and apply appropriate literary terminology and ethical perspectives in order to evaluate and analyze ideas.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
   • CT3

   Program Goal(s)

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

   Describe the aesthetic and structural characteristics of literature from different genres, literary periods, and perspectives.

2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider varied ethical perspectives/alternatives.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
3. Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   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 how literature reflects personal and/or societal ethics and thus has relevance to today’s world and our own lives.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Ethics Rubric

   Ethics Goals

   • ET1
   • ET2
   • ET3

   Program Goal(s)

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

   Explain how literature reflects the human condition, experience, values, and ethical questions.

5. Analyze literary works for an academic audience.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Presentations

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric
   • Rubric for Writing Assignments

   Oral Communication

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

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Presentations

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric
   • Rubric for Writing Assignments

   Oral Communication

   • OC3
   • OC2
7. 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
   • Rubric for Presentation

   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.