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7.7: Learning Outcomes

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    The content, assignments, and assessments for American Literature I are aligned to the following learning outcomes.

    Module 1: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts

    • Identify the key features of prose
    • Identify the key features of poetry
    • Identify and describe the major critical approaches to literary interpretation: New Criticism/Formalism, Reader-Response, Feminism, and Marxism

    Module 2: Early American and Puritan Literature (1650–1750)

    • Describe the major historical and cultural developments of colonial America; explain key concepts
    • Describe the major conventions, tropes, and themes of Puritan and early American literature; identify and discuss those features with regard to individual works

    Module 3: Enlightenment Literature (1760–1820)

    • Describe the major historical and cultural developments of the Enlightenment; explain key concepts
    • Describe the major conventions, tropes, and themes of Enlightenment literature; identify and discuss those features with regard to individual authors/works

    Module 4: Romantic Literature (1820–1860)

    • Describe the major historical and cultural developments of the Romantic period; explain key concepts and terms (e.g., the sentimental)
    • Describe the major conventions, tropes, and themes of Romantic literature; identify and discuss those features with regard to individual authors/works
    • Describe the major conventions, tropes, and themes of Gothic literature; identify and discuss those features with regard to individual authors/works
    • Describe the major conventions, tropes, and themes of transcendental literature; identify and discuss those features with regard to individual authors/works
    • Describe the major conventions, tropes, and themes of abolitionist literature and slave narratives; identify and discuss those features with regard to individual authors/works

    Module 5: Writing About Literature

    • Find and use historical sources to discuss the historical context of a literary work
    • Find and use literary criticism in your analysis of literary works
    • Cite sources correctly using MLA format
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