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Degree Outcomes in English Literature
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Objective:<\/strong> Our aim is to ensure that all English majors and minors receive a well-rounded background in English literature. For an Honours English major, we define \u201cwell-rounded\u201d as some knowledge of all the different periods, geographies, and genres of literature written in English and the different applied and theoretical approaches to the study of literature; writing by women and by men; the historical development of English as a language and as a literary medium; and the relation of English literature to other world literary and cultural traditions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Skills a BU English Honours graduate should possess at the point of graduation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. superior written, oral, and aural communication skills: the ability to write clear, engaging prose with confidence and style on complex issues; to write in a variety of styles to suit the required occasion (e.g. informal response, impartial reportage, formal academic discourse); to edit\/revise one\u2019s own writing and the written work of others; to speak extemporaneously in public on complex subjects with ease and poise; to listen to and grasp the complex ideas articulated by others.<\/li>\n
  2. superior powers of critical thinking: the ability to recognize strong and weak arguments; to analyze complex data; to marshall evidence in the formulation of a reasoned, logical judgement; to organize complex information in succinct ways.<\/li>\n
  3. the ability to closely analyze a text for its themes and for the rhetorical strategies which manipulate the response of its reader\/viewer; to read texts from different time periods in a variety of genres and media (including theatre, film, and other cultural media).<\/li>\n
  4. an awareness that any text can be read in multiple ways; that more than one legitimate \u2018meaning\u2019 can derive from any text.<\/li>\n
  5. an awareness of the need to situate a text within its historical\/social\/cultural frame; knowledge of English\u2019s changing place in the world as a language and as a cultural medium.<\/li>\n
  6. an awareness of the limits of knowledge: the problematics of intentionality; the malleability and ambiguity of language as a tool of communication.<\/li>\n
  7. the knowledge of the different themes and social\/cultural issues that literature deals with at different points in time; knowledge of the major shifts in approaches to writing literature and their political, social, economic and cultural contexts; knowledge of changing social attitudes toward class, religion, race, gender, and sexuality as reflected in literature.<\/li>\n
  8. the knowledge of the different theories (classical, medieval, modern, post-modern) about literature; about the forms, functions, and purposes of literature.<\/li>\n
  9. creative problem solving.<\/li>\n
  10. knowledge of cultural interaction, the politics of language and identity, the effects of global imperialism and of globalization.<\/li>\n
  11. the ability to engage in independent research; to identify, propose and develop one\u2019s own subject for critical investigation; to find and use appropriate secondary and critical sources correctly (information literacy); to manage one\u2019s time effectively and to produce quality work under pressure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Degree Outcomes in English Literature Objective: Our aim is to ensure that all English majors and minors receive a well-rounded background in English literature. For an Honours English major, we define \u201cwell-rounded\u201d as some knowledge of all the different periods, geographies, and genres of literature written in English and the different applied and theoretical approaches […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":444,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":31,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-562","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/444"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}