Course : American Modernism

Course Objectives/Goals

Upon completion of the course students should have either learned or reinforced the following objectives:

1. An appreciation for the full range of American literary and artistic production during the first half of the twentieth century, along with specific knowledge of certain works and authors.
2. An awareness of historical events, socio-cultural developments, and artistic movements that provided material, themes, and inspiration for writers of this period.
3. The ability to critically engage a variety of texts, both verbal and visual, to ask interpretive questions, to formulate arguments and claims and to react to others’ ideas about literary devices, styles, and structures.
4. The skills to research critical responses, synthesize them with their own, and produce persuasive pieces of academic writing.