Program Learning Outcomes
Comparative Literature
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Demonstrate a comparative understanding of national literature and literary traditions within the context of world literature through close readings of primary texts in their original languages and in translation
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Situate texts within their cultural and historical contexts by integrating and analyzing secondary scholarship and criticism
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Cultivate an understanding of major critical and interpretive methods and apply them to primary literary sources to construct interpretive arguments in the essay form
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Distinguish and analyze literary forms in the context of major developments in literary history
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Demonstrate advanced proficiency in at least one literary tradition other than English by successfully completing three upper division courses in that language and literature
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Develop analytical and critical thinking and research skills through close readings of primary literature and secondary scholarship and criticism.
2012