Carol Hogan-Downey, M.A. Email: hogance@slu.edu

Office: Adorjan 209, cubicle A3 Office Hours: M 10-12; R 11-1

Student Learning Outcomes

Students who complete this course will be able to …

• Generate engaged and responsive close readings of texts.
• Describe and analyze the various ways in which texts reflect and help shape wider cultural conditions.
• Construct clear spoken and written arguments that demonstrate an awareness of purpose and audience.

2000-Level Course Outcomes

Description

These courses are taken to satisfy the lower-division Core literature requirement of the College of Arts and Sciences. Each course is centered around a core theme through which students explore important theories and methods of literary and critical analysis. Through close reading, seminar discussion, lecture, and written analysis, students explore a diverse selection of imaginative and cultural texts, developing an enhanced appreciation of their structure and of the rich significance of their language and modes of representation. When appropriate, an instructor may assign or approve projects in new media, performance, debate, or other student work in lieu of more traditional writing.

Departmental Objectives

Reading and Interpretive Practices:

Students...

• Read texts or view films by authors from a variety of periods and nationalities.
• Read closely and critically, learning to interpret literature, film, and modes of rhetorical argument in ways that are both intellectually rigorous and personally significant.
• Discuss their own written reflections on literature, film and rhetorical argument in group settings, enriching their ability to express clearly their points and insights.

Writing and Cognitive Practices:

Students will have the opportunity to write in both formative and summative modes: they will be able to practice their critical writing, with formative feedback, and they will also be expected to write high-caliber critical essays or creative responses (or their equivalent) that keep to word limits. They will...

• Write a minimum of 12 pages of formal and informal graded prose (3750words), with one opportunity for revision.
• Develop analytical thinking and writing skills through papers, quizzes, exams, and active participation in discussion.