ENGL 2110

Students continue to develop skills in close critical reading comprehension and written composition through investigation and evaluation of the development of the English language, key genres, influential authors, and important literary movements that emerged from approximately 700 C.E. to the late 1600s. Through reading representative genres, including epic, romance, sonnets, and comedy, and through analysis of these genres in their historical and cultural contexts, students learn to critically and creatively interpret and articulate complexities of various perspectives, techniques, rhetorical strategies, and assumptions employed by writers. They also consider the far-reaching influence of Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton, as well as the contributions of other writers of the period, through the practice of critical reflection and scholarly writing that illustrates grammatically-correct style and appropriate documentation skills.