ENGL& 111 Intro to Literature

5 credits

This course meets the Humanities  general education distribution requirement.

Prerequisites: ENGL 99  (or placement into ENGL& 101  or higher)

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

• List the structural elements of the genres: poetry, drama, fiction
• Apply a range of terms specific to the study of literature to works of fiction, poetry, or drama
• Demonstrate critical-thinking skills when evaluating and analyzing a literary work
• Apply one or more critical strategies in the interpretation of literary works
• Explain the interrelationship between cultural and historical factors and literature
• Employ synthesis to compare and contrast literary works and to incorporate research into writing
• Apply the writing process when analyzing literature
• List a range of significant past and current authors

• Discuss and explain methods of creative expression, social interaction, and aesthetic considerations employed by individuals and societies
• Employ methods of intellectual and creative inquiry central to the selected Humanities course of study, using the vocabulary, concepts, historical perspectives and materials common to the chosen area
• Dependent on the Humanities area selected, interpret specific artifacts from art, film, history, language, literature, philosophy, religious thought, or narrative form and develop one’s own viewpoint or artifact using the techniques common to that area