English 2132 is American Literature II, a 3-credit hour course offered by the English Department in the College of Arts and Letters that fulfills the Area C "Literature" requirement. You must have earned a "C" in English 1102 before you can take this course.
In this course, you can achieve the following goals:
- Learn methods for measuring the value of selected works of American literature.
- Understand the intersection between appreciation, evaluation, and enjoyment.
- Apply characters and dramatic situations to important ethical questions:
- How do we define human goodness and excellence?
- In what ways do the standards of goodness and excellence shift and change?
- What sorts of conflict between values give rise to ethical crisis?
- Interpret characters and dramatic situations as examples of ethical complexity:
- What sorts of choices do characters or speakers make?
- What sorts of values do characters or speakers defend?
- What motivates them to make those choices or hold those beliefs?
- Where does their confidence come from?
- Become proficient in responsible reading.
- Learn literary terms to help you engage with the literature we read
- Analyze works of literature with thoughtful and developed written responses
- Become proficient in identifying and describing various elements of film
- Develop confidence discussing literature with your classmates
