Required of students in Writing and Literature. Spotlight: Authors & Movements focuses on a particular canonical author, literary movement or tradition, or text(s), utilizing various critical perspectives and secondary sources to support a deeper understanding of the work, as well as of the cultural hierarchies and systems of power and privilege that determine and protect the canon. The course further develops and reinforces practical skills in close reading, historical contextualization, applied critical theory, and the use of discipline-specific research tools and resources, encouraging conscious reflection on critical presuppositions and practices. This course prepares students to enter the Critical Essay/Influences/Investigations Course.