The goals for this course are learning-centered and designed to provide students with the tools to succeed in any literature class. Additionally, this class will give students a brief introduction to literature and culture of information. By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- recognize major literary genres and identify important literary terms and to demonstrate this knowledge in class discussion and activities
- to ask analytical and critical questions about a literary text and about the intersection of literature and technology
- to demonstrate these analytical skills during class discussion and an in-class presentation
- to perform close readings by analyzing the relationship among different literary elements of a text and evaluating how they contribute to its meaning
- to develop a coherent critical argument and present it in a traditional academic genre, an analytical literary essay
- to develop a coherent critical argument and present it in a non-traditional academic genre, a website
