LIT 185 - Contemporary Literature

1. Apply college-level reading skills to literary texts written by a diverse collection of contemporary authors
   1. Read a variety of forms, including poetry, micro-fiction, short stories, novels, and drama
   2. Understand vocabulary relevant to contemporary literature
   3. Apply terminology appropriate to reading contemporary literary texts
2. Interpret Contemporary literature by focusing on textual, structural, cultural, and thematic elements
   1. Apply analytical strategies to close readings of contemporary poetry, fiction and drama
   2. Discuss connections between authors, texts and historical contexts
   3. Analyze literature through thematic approaches
3. Analyze Contemporary literature using elements of literary criticism
   1. Discuss how multiple interpretations exist simultaneously
   2. Interpret literature using one or more critical approaches, such as Formalism, Marxism, Feminism and Gender Studies, Mythological, Psychological, Cultural Studies, and others
4. Evaluate literature’s continuing relevance to the human condition
   1. Correlate assigned texts with current events, global contexts, and material from other disciplines
   2. Reflect on how texts shape diverse identities in contemporary literature, including literature written by women, people of color, LGBT writers, and authors from other diverse contexts
5. Produce effective writing to demonstrate an understanding of course goals
   1. Generate writing as an active process in response to assigned texts
   2. Analyze literature through literary critical approaches
   3. Interpret Contemporary literature through complex argumentation
6. Integrate standard college-level documentation practices
   1. Understand definitions and consequences of plagiarism
   2. Identify reasons for documentation
   3. Integrate sources effectively within the given context
   4. Document sources using MLA style