Upon completion of this literature course, the student should:
- be able to use with increased proficiency the skills of literary analysis taught in first-year English courses;
- be able to recognize the significance of the literary and non-literary or cultural context of a work being studied, such as the biographical, historical, mythological or philosophical context;
- be able to read critically and use in essays secondary sources, such as criticism and other texts by the same author, as an aid to comprehending the primary text(s) being studied;
be able to read critically and independently works or aspects of works not discussed in class.
