THE PRACTICE OF CRITICISM | Spring 2006
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Individual Learning Outcomes
Individual students in English 170 will:
- be able to interpret and analyze works of literature in accordance with the major conventions of literary criticism;
- be able to produce short essays in literary criticism that adhere to the conventions of critical writing;
- have a rudimentary understanding of how literary theory shapes the practice of criticism.
Community Learning Outcomes
The Engl 170-01 (Fall 2008) community will:
- produce new knowledge (new for this community) about the nature of literature and literary criticism;
- share knowledge about literature and literary criticism in accordance with scholarly conventions;
- discuss and debate ideas about individual literary works and about the nature of literature and literary criticism in ways that respect the diversity of the community.