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2026-2027_College Catalog

ENG 200 - Introduction to Literature


Credits: 3
Lecture: Three lecture.
Introduction to literature by diverse authors from a variety of forms and genres. Emphasis on close reading and analysis of literary texts for meaning and form, understanding literary context, and critical writing.

Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
  1. identify literary elements used in a variety of texts; (knowledge)
  2. explain relationships between literary form and content to reflect culture, human responsibility, morality, ethics, and the manner and causes by which humans interact with one another; (comprehension)
  3. implement close reading skills to make connections with the literature; (apply)
  4. analyze rhetorical, historical, cultural and social contexts of literary works; (analyze)
  5. evaluate trends in literature across diverse cultures and eras. (evaluate)


Pre/Corequisite(s): ENG 102.
General Education: Arts and Humanities