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ENGL 204 English Literature II

This course examines language, ideas, and political/cultural values in English literature from the Romantic period of the late 1700s through the Victorian era and into the 1900s. Students read poems, plays and novels encompassing issues like civil rights, colonialism, sexuality, and political power; they study writing that celebrates new freedoms and new ways of assessing humanity, self, and the world through diverse perspectives, including authors such as Austen, Beckett, Blake, Eliot, Hardy, Joyce, Tennyson, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth, Woolf, and Yeats. This course is writing intensive.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Identify and apply literary terms, concepts, devices, and characteristics of various genres and literary periods in English literature.
  2. 2. Apply appropriate literary criticism (perspectives) for effective literary analysis.
  3. 3. Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis.
  4. 4. Pose questions and analyze themes that reflect the human condition, such as civil rights, colonialism, sexuality, and political power.
  5. 5. Analyze how literature reflects human values and thus has relevance to today's world.
  6. 6. Write analytically about literary works, using appropriate research and documentation.
  7. 7. Identify and discuss characteristics of different periods of English literature, from multiple perspectives and in various cultural, historical, and literary contexts to reach conclusions about the evolving English experience.
  8. 8. Communicate effectively an understanding of the literature and exchange ideas with others.

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Identify and apply literary terms, concepts, devices, and characteristics of various genres and literary periods in English literature.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Rubric for Writing Assignment

    Program Goal(s)

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

    1. Describe the aesthetic and structural characteristics of different genres, literary periods, and major critical theories of literature.

  2. 2. Apply appropriate literary criticism (perspectives) for effective literary analysis.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

    Creative Process

    • CP1
  3. 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

    • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

    Creative Process

    • CP2
  4. 4. Pose questions and analyze themes that reflect the human condition, such as civil rights, colonialism, sexuality, and political power.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

    Creative Process

    • CP3
  5. 5. Analyze how literature reflects human values and thus has relevance to today's world.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

    Creative Process

    • CP4

    Program Goal(s)

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

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

  6. 6. Write analytically about literary works, using appropriate research and documentation.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Rubric for Writing Assignment

    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.

  7. 7. Identify and discuss characteristics of different periods of English literature, from multiple perspectives and in various cultural, historical, and literary contexts to reach conclusions about the evolving English experience.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

  8. 8. Communicate effectively an understanding of the literature and exchange ideas with others.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Presentations

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Rubric for Presentations

    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.