ENGL 1140

Students develop skills in close critical reading comprehension, written composition, and argumentation through the exploration and evaluation of a variety of dramatic forms that take up a particular theme, topic, or issue chosen by the professor. Through lecture, class discussion, and written assignments, students learn critically and creatively to interpret and compare classic and contemporary dramatic texts. Students demonstrate how to reflect critically and to articulate the complexities of various perspectives, techniques, rhetorical strategies, and assumptions employed by dramatists to convey a given subject matter or social issue. They also practice clear, persuasive grammatically-correct communication while building on scholarly writing and documentation skills.