LIT 214GH - Regional Literature

Credit(s): 3

This course is an examination of regional literature in the context of critical multiculturalism. It analyzes topics through historical and cultural lenses and may focus on a specific regional literature or adopt a comparative approach. (Fall Semester)

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to

Read, interpret, and evaluate regional literary works.
Identify literary, cultural, historical, and philosophical forces that shaped regional literary works.
Interpret aesthetic and literary contexts of a range of regional works.
Apply and demonstrate principles of literary analysis in a full-length essay on selected regional works.
Examine the nature of human experience and/or artistic expression.
Demonstrate awareness of self as a member of a multicultural global community.