Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Define and identify various literary techniques and terminology such as plot, characterization, setting, point of view, irony and symbolism
• Demonstrate close reading skills in terms of both literal and inferential reading.
• Demonstrate and awareness of history, philosophy, and culture as reflected in the fiction
• Identify major themes and ideas in fiction
• Recognize how style relates to content in various writer’ works
• Apply the analytical process to works of fiction
• Apply writing skills to analyzing fictions