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Sep 07, 2024
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Spring 2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EN 211 - American Literature Since (1865) II Credit Hours: 3
An introductory survey of American literature and its relationships to literary, historical, and socio-political movements from 1865 to the present.
Fulfills the following SUNY General Education categories:
Course Outcomes Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate, through class discussion and written work, an ability to identify major American writers of the period by subject, theme, and style;
- demonstrate, through class discussion and written work, an ability to critically assess a literary work in relation to its historical and cultural context;
- demonstrate, through class discussion and written work, an ability to critically assess writers in the period regarding theme, tone, conflict, character, and figurative language in assigned works;
- demonstrate, through class discussion and written work, an ability to critically assess the influences of other national literatures/philosophies on American literature; and
- demonstrate, through class discussion and written work, an understanding of American literary historical progression.
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