ENGL 212 By and About Women

This course provides a historical sampling of literature written by and about women. Students will critically evaluate a variety of texts for literary form and technique. Students will also analyze the female experience as portrayed in the literature. Students are expected to gain insight into both the challenges and  the power of women in literature and in life.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Identify and apply appropriate literary terminology and literary criticism (perspectives) in order to evaluate and analyze ideas within a variety of literary forms.
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider economic, historical, political, and cultural issues in literature.
3. Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts for effective literary analysis.
4. Analyze how literature reflects human values and thus has relevance to today's world.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and apply appropriate literary terminology and literary criticism (perspectives) in order to evaluate and analyze ideas within a variety of literary forms.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
   • CT3
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider economic, historical, political, and cultural issues in literature.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
   • CP Gen Ed Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Analyze literature in light of historical and cultural contexts.

3. Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts for effective literary analysis.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
   • CP Gen Ed Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Compose and present creative and original projects of literary analysis supported by academic sources and documentation.

4. Analyze how literature reflects human values and thus has relevance to today's world.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Writing Assignments and/or Presentations

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Writing or Presentation Rubric