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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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EH 310 - Topics in Literature


Credits: (4 credits)

Constructed around a particular theme, movement, or related grouping of authors, the course varies from semester to semester. Recent topics include classical mythology; American literature of the Jazz Age; modern literature, baseball and society; and romance and comedy.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following:

  1. Understand the major developments in the history of the novel from the nineteenth century to the present day;
  2. Describe and classify the different techniques fiction writers use to tell stories;
  3. Form your own interpretation of a literary work using close reading skills;
  4. Construct convincing, nuanced, and well-supported interpretive arguments;
  5. Synthesize the thematic and narrative concerns that span multiple works in this course.




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