Course Description
Explores alternative critical paradigms and emerging fields in literary studies. Enables students to master the new analytical strategies pioneered by the specific approaches being considered and to understand the constant development of the discipline in response to new material, cultural, and political pressures.
Syllabus
Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:
Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
To recognize and apply the research methodology needed for the critical study of the literatures, rhetoric, or language of English.
To identify and discriminate among literary, rhetorical, or linguistic theories and history to inform the critical study of English.
To recognize and summarize the multiple fields of English and the current issues within them.
To discriminate between traditional and emerging literary rhetorical or linguistic paradigms.
Course Grading Information:
Activity/Performance Measure | Percentage/Points |
|---|---|
Essay | 33.3% |
Presentation | 33.3% |
Short accountability essay | 33.3% |
Grading Scale
Percentage | Letter Grade |
|---|---|
93.0% and above | A |
90.0% – 92.9% | A- |
87.0% – 89.9% | B+ |
83.0% – 86.9% | B |
80.0% – 82.9% | B- |
77.0% – 79.9% | C+ |
70.0% – 76.9% | C |
Below 70.9% | F |
Attendance/Participation:
Students must submit weekly essays about class participation (33.3%).
Course Materials Purchased by the Students:
William Shakespeare, David Bevington and David Scott Kastan, Othello, A Bantam Classic (New York: Bantam Books, 1988). ISBN: 9780553213027
William Shakespeare, Barbara Mowat, and Paul Werstein, The Merchant of Venice (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009) ISBN: 9780743477567
Christopher Marlowe, Martin Wiggins, Robert Lindsey, and Stephen Guy-Bray. Edward II. Revised edition. New Mermaids. Methuen drama, 2014. ISBN: 1472520521
Scholarly Perspectives
This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.