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Course introduces students to key terms, concepts, and techniques of literary interpretation, with attention to questions of genre, period, and critical perspective. Students analyze selections of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and/or drama representing a range of historical periods and cultural traditions, and they learn to compose evidence-based interpretive arguments. Designed for students in English and Creative Writing.