Undergraduate Catalog 2020-2021

ENGL 3312 Non-Fiction

A study of literary non-fiction including autobiography/memoir, diaries/journals, slave narratives, oral history, reform literature, and true crime.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

2000-level ENGL course with a grade of "C" or better.

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: as needed

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

  1. Understanding and appropriate use of dramatic language and terminology.
  2. Familiarity with dramatic genres and devices such as plot, setting, characterization, point of view, and theme.
  3. Awareness of the historical development of dramatic forms.
  4. Appreciation of issues concerning adaptation.
  5. Confidence in producing original criticism based on close reading of a dramatic text.
  6. Sophistication in interpreting and evaluating secondary sources so as to enter the critical conversation.
  7. Increased self-awareness through informed, imaginative engagement with other selves.