Advanced Literature Comprehension
(LIT-047)
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Course Learning Outcomes
Course Materials
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Exams
Grading
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Tips for Success
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Course Learning Outcomes
When you have successfully completed this course, you should be able to do the following:
Discover and analyze important ideas (themes) in classic literature.
Define, identify, and distinguish among important kinds of literature (genres) and the elements that form them.
Classify future pieces of literature in your experience according to type, and discover their important ideas by applying literary definitions and elements studied in this course.
Demonstrate how a model of motivation can analyze why people think, say, and do what they do. In other words, better understand human nature by applying what you learn to your own behavior and motivation.
“Own” several pieces of classic literature: owning would include knowing characters, lines, events, and ideas to the point that you could share those with others.
Course Materials
With one exception, the textbooks for this course are inexpensive Dover Thrift Editions. The one exception is the Beowulf text. The texts are listed below by unit number, which is the order in which you should study them. You will note that unit 3 has two texts.
Beowulf, translated by Burton Raffel; published by Penguin.
Great Sonnets, edited by Paul Negri; published by Dover.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Dover. Lyric Poems, by John Keats; Dover.
Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories, by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Dover.
The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories, by Rudyard Kipling; Dover.
The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde; Dover.
A Boy’s Will and North of Boston, by Robert Frost; Dover.
Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw; Dover.
Other than these books, all you will need is a quiet place to read and a block of time sufficient to get the job done. You must realize that reading involves more than looking at the words; it demands reflection, questioning, and projecting. Hopefully, the structure of each unit will encourage and assist you to do so.
Assignments
You will complete these assignments during the course.
Most of the objectives in the course are followed by a self check. These quizzes do not count toward your grade. They will prepare you for the unit quizzes and the final exam so pay careful attention to the questions and their answers.
This course consists of 8 units and each unit ends with a quiz. These quizzes count toward your grade. They are designed to test your knowledge of the unit and prepare you for the final exam.
Exams
You will complete one final exam for this course. See the Exam Preparation page for details.
The final exam consists of 100 multiple choice questions.
Grading
Your grade in this course will be based on these assignments and exams:
* You must pass the final exam with at least a 60% to earn credit for the course.
| Assignment or Exam | Grading | Percent of Total Grade |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Unit Quizzes | Computer | 80% |
| 1 Final Exam* | Computer | 20% |
Grade Scale
Your letter grade is calculated according to these percentages.
| A | 93% - 100% |
| A- | 90% - 92% |
| B+ | 87% – 89% |
| B | 83% - 86% |
| B- | 80% - 82% |
| C+ | 77% - 79% |
| C | 73% - 76% |
| C- | 70% - 72% | D+ | 67% - 69% |
| D | 63% - 66% |
| D- | 60% - 62% |
| F (fail) | 0% - 59% |
Getting Help
Please use the help menu in this course to contact Academy of America or your instructor. You can find information about tutoring available to Academy of America students on the Tutoring website.
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Course Policies
For information about how long you have to complete the course, resubmitting assignments, retaking exams, and other questions, please see Course Policies.