ENGL 2180

Students continue to develop skills in close critical reading comprehension and written composition through exploration and evaluation of the relationship between literature and cultural contexts. The approach of the course varies, sometimes focusing on a specific literary and cultural theme in a variety of genres and time periods, sometimes focusing on a specific cultural period, place, or movement and the literary texts and issues that emerge from it. Students critically and creatively evaluate a variety of texts, interpret and analyze a range of rhetorical strategies, and apply diverse critical perspectives. Whatever the focus, students learn to reflect critically and creatively and to articulate complexities and assumptions of various literary texts, considering their historical, political, and cultural contexts. Students investigate a topic, using scholarly writing that illustrates grammatically-correct style and appropriate documentation skills.