ENGL& 255 - World Literature II: 7th to 18th Century

Credits: 5
An historical and critical survey of selected works of world literature of the seventh through the 18th centuries from a diversity of cultures.

Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99 or instructor consent.

Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English
Course Fee: $2.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Discuss the common elements in literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to achieve an understanding of those elements.
Discuss the characteristics of the Medieval and Renaissance eras as they are found in the literature of these periods.
Develop critical thinking and reading skills by analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating in response to works of a specific literary period.
Apply critical thinking and reading skills to the study of the literary works of the Medieval and Renaissance eras.
Discuss the importance and relevance of the literature of the Medieval and Renaissance eras to the modem and the contemporary world (especially as the literature relates to the psychological and spiritual needs of peoples of the world today).
Write responses to literature.
Demonstrate critical reflection in participation.

Program Outcomes
Demonstrate college-level reading skills by summarizing, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, and evaluating college texts; and develop an awareness of the approaches writers use for different audiences, genres, and rhetorical situations.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.