ENL300 Great Authors
This course is designed as a survey of the lives and works of great authors in literature. Students will be led in and will lead discussion of the authors' seminal works within their cultural and historical contexts. Students will learn to engage in critical evaluation of authors' worldviews, but the emphasis will be on learning to converse with a text on its own terms, in light of its author's questions and ideas.
Credits: 3
Student learning outcomes
- To familiarize the student with the writings of one or more author.
- To develop evaluation skills by dissecting an author's worldview.
- To helps students become better critical thinkers by evaluating others' worldview.
- To develop synthesis skills as students determine how the author's works are practical for addressing contemporary issues.