-Techniques used to analyze texts, which include the ability to synthesize and evaluate information and ideas from multiple perspectives, including characters, authors, and audiences whose roles and assumptions are different from their own.
- —-This is a concept that I believe I have grown immensely in. In the pieces of literature that is selected, it is almost forced upon the reader to understand many different perspectives, within each individual text as well as texts from the same time period that we have compared to eachother. We are given multiple perspectives for each context we are given and it is our job as the reader to dissect that, and I have never done that to this degree before.
- Proper usage, and appropriate style, language, strategies and resources to formulate coherent, well-supported arguments that demonstrate effective critical reading, discussion, and analysis of American literature; write about literature, culture, and texts in cogent, compelling prose.
- —- I believe I did this is something I am still growing in and always will be but I believe I did this well in “A streetcar named Desire”.
- Concepts and knowledge gained from the study of American literature to discover connections between the disciplines and real-life applications; demonstrate their awareness of multiple perspectives when exploring issues, interpreting texts, and studying conflicts in literature.
- — When studying the Harlem Renaissance and writers of the South, it definitely picked at my brain to read different works from people with the same struggle but who all have chosen different reasons and different ways to create their work.
- The historical and cultural context which produces American literature as well as the political, economic, and ethical implications of the texts studied and their aesthetic qualities.
- — It has been very interesting to me to learn about different cultures and time periods such as the Harlem Renaissance and Naturalism etc. I have come to appreciate the history that has produced the work we’ve read.
- Standards of interpretation and contextual information necessary to the study of literature and to incorporate these standards into writing, using primary and secondary sources responsibly, legally, and ethically.
- — This is something I never understood the importance of until this class. I think I would not be able to distinguish from the poetry and other works that we were reading if not for a research on every writer, what their background was, and an in depth research of the time period. When I do come to find a standard I trust, I do use it as my right hand tool for reading the work.
- Discuss and explain some of the major literary figures, trends, and issues of American literature from 1900 to the present.
- — I definitely feel like I have an understanding for writers of big names such as Faulkner and Langston Hughes that I have heard for a long time but did not know about.
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