The study of skills necessary for effective written communication. The course includes analyses of outstanding prose works. The principles of rhetoric and logic are also applied in frequent writing assignments. A continuation of English 101, including analyses of works of fiction, poetry, and drama to introduce techniques such as irony, satire, point of view, and figurative uses of language.
Assignments encourage analytical reading and writing.
An opportunity to explore a variety of literary types in a less setting than in the period courses. Topics will be varied by semester and by instructor's specialty. A chronological survey of the major works of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 18th century. Works may include those of the Beowulf poet, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Pope, and Swift. Works will be related to their historical and cultural settings.