Outcome: Humanities Knowledge (link to full rubric) Full coverage: address any five elements. Rubric Element ENG 264 Introduction to Literary Genres: The Drama Specific Course Student work used to How will this course provide Outcome assess achievement of the content to address student outcome (Assessment) outcomes? (Student practice) Film reviews and formal essays
that correctly use, apply, and
comprehend theatrical rhetoric,
definitions, concepts, and terms
common to the study of
dramatic writing.
Lecture will introduce all concepts;
students will begin to apply on their
own as reading assignments
continue.
Asks questions or frames Ask questions or frame
Passage selection assignments
hypotheses relevant to
hypotheses about structure that identify use of a
the task
and style (tone, trope,
playwright’s literary techniques
Lecture will model techniques of
proper textual analysis;
assignments will be used to
facilitate in-class discussion of
texts and then also workshopped to
develop student thinking about
theatrical language and convention.
Identifies facts,
vocabulary, definitions,
terms, concepts, people
Identify facts, vocabulary,
definitions, terms, and
concepts relevant to the
study of dramatic
literature and culture.
Partial coverage: Recognizes concepts or
tools relevant for
address any three application to a task
elements. Collects information
relevant to address the
task – e.g. data;
literature sources
Analyzes: Applies
concepts to address the
task
staging, asides, use of
satiric or tragic
conventions) relevant to
the literary historical
analysis of dramatic works
and their theatrical
settings.
Select examples of diction
from assigned plays that
must be researched to
reveal multiple historical
meanings (puns and
metaphors especially
abound in satiric
playwriting); research
diction and illumine said
meaning according to
textual, theatrical, and
historical context.
Apply relevant concepts to
analyses of literary texts
and ask pointed discussion
questions regarding the play’s
use of rhetoric, style, structure,
and diction.
Oxford English Dictionary
assignment that asks students to
research etymology in a
historical context and apply that
to a given text.
Lecture will model techniques of
how to identify complex diction,
how also to research and analyze
diction. Instructor feedback on
short, OED research assignments
will then allow students to continue
this work in their formal essays.
Short in-class writing
assignments that ask students to
apply material from previous
lectures (on cultural and
philosophical content and
formal structure of literary
works) to that day’s reading
assignment.
Modeling during lecture of proper
application of appropriate concepts;
instructor’s feedback on informal
writing assignments.
Analyzes: Deconstructs
An argument by indicating
claims and/or evidence
and synthesizes
evidence from multiple
sources
Deconstructs formal,
philosophical, and
cultural-historical
arguments through the use
of textual evidence and
close reading in analyses
of dramatic literature;
demonstrates how this
literature engages with
contemporaneous
historical and
philosophical contexts.
Formal essay assignments that
ask students to analyze dramatic
works through the lens of a
historical, cultural, or
philosophical context.
Modeling of literary-historical
arguments through lecture;
discussion of paper topics in
advance of assignment and
discussion of instructor’s feedback
after assignments are due; use of
peer review techniques for essay
drafting.
Demonstrates an historical
knowledge of theatrical
techniques by deploying
these techniques in
methods of acting and
performance;
demonstrates creative
thinking by composing
theatrical reviews and film
responses, using a
journalistic style akin to
the rhetoric of theater
critics.
Performance of one play in its
entirety, with staging and
costume direction; acting out
staged scenes from selected
dramatic reading assignments.
Creative writing assignments
such as film reviews and theater
critiques written in a journalist
style.
Participation in in-class
performances and reading aloud;
active audience participation that
leads to creative composition of
theater reviews. Creative writing
assignments will be introduced by
the instructor through the use of
known literary paradigms.
Performance will be modeled and
guided by instructor according to
his/her knowledge of historical
methods of performance and acting
techniques.
Analyzes: Evaluates
support for claims and
justifies conclusions
Innovates: Demonstrates
innovative and creative
thinking with regard to an
idea, claim, question,
form, or performance