ENGL334
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Contemporary Transformations (American Literature since 1945)
Course Title
Contemporary Transformations (American Literature since 1945)
Course Description
This course focuses on American literature from 1945 to the present. Students will explore themes such as national belonging, loss of innocence, and community versus alienation; movements such as the counterculture, postmodernism, and the new sincerity; and topics such as cultural difference, social mobility, and the power of art. Authors might include Tennessee Williams, James Baldwin, Jack Kerouac, Amy Tan, Thomas Pynchon, Toni Morrison, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Colson Whitehead. Specific readings and topics will vary by instructor. This course is designed for majors and non-majors interested in studying literature. This course meets criteria for Writing Intensive and Aesthetic Reasoning.
Pass/Fail Only?
No
Faculty Permission Required?
No
Credit Hours Min
3
Instructional Method
Lecture
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Learning Objective 1
Objective
Identify major literary, historical, social, and/or philosophical movements of American literature since 1945 and explain how they influence authors and/or works.
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Learning Objective 2
Objective
Identify the elements involved in creating artistic works.
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Learning Objective 3
Objective
Apply appropriate strategies to interpret and assess artistic experiences and works.
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Learning Objective 4
Objective
Analyze a diversity of artistic works within the context of various cultural and historical epochs.
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Learning Objective 5
Objective
Produce written texts that reflect a knowledge and understanding of disciplinary conventions in terms of audience expectations, genre conventions, and/or citation practices.
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Learning Objective 6
Objective
Employ recursive strategies of brainstorming, drafting, revising, and editing during the writing process to complete a major writing project or series of written assignments.