ENGL 4428 Twentieth-Century American Literature

Survey of major twentieth-century authors of the United States; authors may include Frost, Pound, Eliot, Stevens, O'Neill, Williams, Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Hurston, Wright, Baldwin, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Lowell, Plath, Roth, Morrison, and DeLillo.

Registration Name

20th Century American Lit

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Prerequisite

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

Offered

Demorest: Every third year

Student Learning Outcomes

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

1. Analyze literary texts in order to question, investigate, and draw conclusions about their form, content, and interpretive ambiguities.
2. Write well-structured essays that persuasively pursue a given trope or motif in the literary text(s) under investigation.
3. Demonstrate a working knowledge of genre conventions, terminology, and literary history.
4. Discuss literary texts in a clear, collaborative, and open-minded manner.
5. Minimize errors in grammar, syntax, punctuation, and spelling.