ENG 105 - Introduction to Literature (Drama)

4 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): WR 115 or designated placement.

Course Description: Provides a survey of representative works of drama from different cultures and time periods. In addition to providing an introduction to important plays, playwrights, and historical movements in drama, the course explores the nature of the dramatic experience, with emphasis on understanding and appreciating live productions.

Course Level: Lower Division Collegiate

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Describe the literary genre of drama in its various forms–tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, theater of the absurd, and realistic drama. (ILO: Communication)
CLO#2: Apply a range of critical approaches to literature, such as Formalist, Psychoanalytical, Marxist, Feminist, Reader-response, Deconstructionist, and New Historicist.
CLO#3: Explain how race, gender, time, and place shape a given text.