ENG 298 - Writing About Literature

1. Demonstrate the ability to apply the basic terms and strategies necessary to effective interpretation of prose, poetry, and drama.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the basic elements of each genre, including narrative and lyric poetry, short stories, memoirs, and novels in prose, and tragic and comic drama.
3. Recognize the elements common to most prose, including point of view, plot, character, setting, and theme.
4. Recognize various schools of literary criticism and their role in literary study.
5. Use common literary terms properly.
6. Demonstrate ability to write an analytic paper about a work of literature, incorporating textual evidence.