AML 2010 - American Literature I: to 1865

Communications Department

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Fall 2015 (505)

Requisites

Prerequisite ENC 1101 with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite ENC 1101H with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite IDS 1101H with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite IDS 1111H with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite appropriate score on the college placement test

Course Description

This is a course designed to survey American literature to 1865, with special emphasis on Romanticism and Realism as well as methods of library research, writing of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. Included are selected works of major writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements as outlined in the General Education Requirements. (Note: Credit is not given for both AML 2010 and AML 2010H.)

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will analyze selected examples of the major literary forms of American literature to 1865 by:
    1. identifying and distinguishing the major poetic forms and conventions of American literature to 1865.
    2. identifying and distinguishing the major prose forms and conventions of American literature to 1865.
  2. The student will understand and evaluate the chief contributions of the major American writers up to 1865 and their influence on subsequent writers by:
    1. comprehending and analyzing the principal works of major nineteenth century American writers to 1865.
    2. stating and explaining the principal ideas of the major American writers up to 1865, especially as they reflect the Puritan and Romantic movements of that century.
    3. stating and explaining the principal literary innovations of the major American writers up to 1865, especially as they reflect the Romantic and Realistic movements of that century.
    4. comparing and contrasting major nineteenth century American writers, their works, and their ideas, especially as they reflect the Puritan and Romantic movements of that century.
    5. recognizing and explaining the influence of the previous writers upon American writers and their works, and of the major American writers on each other and on later writers.
  3. The student will evaluate and synthesize insights into American literature up to 1865 and its universality, insights based on ideas and information from reading, class discussions, independent study and/or library research by:
    1. independently drawing logical inferences from study and discussion of the universal aspects of American literature.
    2. arguing these inferences and support them with evidence from the literature and/or from secondary sources in a normal report and/or an interpretive essay.
  4. The student will use the library effectively and ethically by:
    1. locating sources through the electronic catalog.
    2. locating sources, either print or electronic, through other types of references.
  5. The student will appropriately use the literature of the course to write a research paper and other essays of literary interpretation by:
    1. taking notes from specified sources to:
      1. identify and paginate the notes correctly.
      2. use ellipses and brackets as needed.
      3. summarize, paraphrase, quote and combine these types of notes effectively.
    2. composing papers which integrate the student's own words and ideas with those of primary and/or secondary sources.
    3. using parenthetical references throughout the paper to credit information from a primary source.
    4. using parenthetical references correctly to credit information from secondary sources.
    5. preparing a works cited list of the sources used in the research paper.
    6. using correct forms for parenthetical references, footnotes/endnotes and for works cited entries, according to the required form.
  6. The student will retrieve information effectively, efficiently, and ethically from electronic sources by:
    1. selecting the most appropriate investigative methods.
    2. constructing and refining search strategies.
    3. using a variety of strategies.
    4. extracting, recording, and managing the information and its sources.
  7. The student will evaluate the credibility of sources by:
    1. summarizing the main idea extracted from the information.
    2. articulating and applying basic criteria for evaluating both the information and its sources.
    3. synthesizing main ideas to construct new concepts.
    4. comparing new knowledge with prior knowledge to determine the value added, contradictions, or other unique characteristics of the information.
    5. determining whether the new knowledge has an impact on the individual’s value system and taking steps to reconcile differences.
    6. validating understanding and interpretation of the information through discourse with other individuals, subject-area experts, and/or practitioners.
    7. determining whether the initial query should be revised.

Criteria Performance Standard

1. The student will be able to answer at least 70 percent of the objective questions (such as multiple-choice, identification, definition, recognition of quotations, short answer) and/or the essay questions (short essays of one paragraph and/or longer multiparagraph essays) on tests on major nineteenth century American writers, their works, their ideas, and their contributions. 2. The student will be able to construct and effectively present an oral report (optional), a research paper using the literature of the course, and essays of literary interpretation, based on independent study and research, and exhibiting the characteristics of at least Level 3 in the SPC Rubric for Speaking or a Level 3 in the SPC Analytical Rubric for Writing, respectively. Minimum Requirement for Writing: The writing may be on essay tests, reports, interpretative essays, research papers, personal essays, or other forms of writing. The writing will meet the criteria of at least Level 3 in the SPC Analytical Rubric for Writing.

History of Changes

Revised 8/84 DBT 11/84 Effective Session 19842 SCN Revised 3/90 Effective Session 19901. 3 YR C&I Review 1993-94 DBT 1/24/96 Effective Session 19961 C&I 2/13/96; DBT 3/19/96 Effective Session 19961. C&I 5/27/97; DBT 6/17/97 Effective Session 19971. Online 2000 1. Effective Session 20011 C&I11/12/02,BOT12/17/02,eff20022. Flex delivery 20033. State # chg effective 20051(0355). Remove # of words for Gordon Rule per State requirement, eff20061(0370). Amended prerequisites effective 20112(0450). C&I Approval: 04/11/2014, BOT Approval: 06/15/2014, Effective Term: Spring 2015 (495).
C&I Approval: 11/21/2014, BOT Approval: 02/17/2015, Effective Term: Fall 2015 (505)

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