Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature Exam Info
The Analyzing and Interpreting Literature exam covers material usually taught in a general undergraduate course in literature. Although the exam does not require familiarity with specific works, it does assume that test takers have read widely and perceptively in poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction. The questions are based on passages supplied in the test. These passages have been selected so that no previous experience with them is required to answer the questions. The passages are taken primarily from American and British literature.
50Recommended Score for Credit
3Semester Hours
Knowledge and Skills Required
Genre-1%
- 35%–45% Poetry
- 35%–45% Prose (fiction and nonfiction)
- 15%–30% Drama
National Tradition-1%
- 40%–50% British and Postcolonial Literature
- 40%–50% American Literature
- 3%–10% Works in Translation
Period-1%
- 3%–7% Classical and pre-Renaissance
- 20%–30% Renaissance and 17th Century
- 30%–40% 18th and 19th Centuries
- 30%–40% 20th and 21st Centuries