EN 298 - Topics in Literature: Literary Periods and Movements

Credit Hours: 3

This course will survey the literary works produced during an historical period (i.e. Restoration Literature) or as part of a literary movement (i.e. Bloomsbury Group). Author(s) and works chosen will vary.

Fulfills the following SUNY General Education categories: The Arts and Humanities

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

demonstrate familiarity with a rudimentary chronology of the literary period in question, including important dates, works, and authors;
demonstrate, through class discussion and written work, an ability to critically assess a literary work in relation to its historical, philosophical, and cultural context;
identify genres, subjects, archetypes, patterns, and themes characteristic of a given literary period or movement;
identify styles, devices, and techniques characteristic of a given literary period or movement; and
demonstrate, through class discussion and written work, an ability to analyze a literary work in the specified movement or period through the conventions and methods of the humanities.

F/S (C, N, S)