Описание:Course Objectives:
Read and respond to a variety of texts representing different literary periods and authors
Understand the evolution of American Literature from pre-colonial to the modern era
Recognize literary writing as a recursive process in the context of specific historic circumstances
Use knowledge of American history, traditions, and area studies theory to analyze and respond to the meaning and a deeper message of texts
Develop critical reading strategies to increase comprehension and facilitate understanding
Develop practices of inquiry and research in order to synthesize information to find an answer to questions of literary criticism
Learn to construct meaning beyond the literal level
Develop the skills of close and contextual literary reading
Develop as a reader so as to understand how stylistic scope of language reflects and shapes experience