The English Literature minor provides students with a foundation in British, American, and global literatures and aims to teach critical thinking, cultural competency, and advanced written communication.
Program Requirements
Core
An introduction to literary genres and to the techniques of writing about literature.
Prerequisites:
ENG 101
Restricted Electives
Choose 8 credits. Must include courses from 2 of the following 3 areas: British literature, American literature, World literature.
Topics in British literature covering various periods, literary movements, and themes. The course will study works of fiction, poetry, and drama, and their historical and cultural contexts. Potential topics include Victorian Literature & Art, Gothic Literature, British Colonial & Post-Colonial Literature, Performing Identity in Early Drama, Monsters and Magic, and others. This course may be repeated with change of topic.
Prerequisites:
none
This topics course examines some of the major developments in US literature. In reading a variety of canonical and noncanonical works, students will develop a greater understanding of US literature within specific sociocultural transformations and attendant literary movements. The course may be taught thematically, with possible topics including postcolonialism, environmental studies, immigration, and popular culture. May be repeated with change of topic.
Prerequisites:
none
Topics on themes, issues, and developments in genres of the literatures of the world. Content changes. May be repeated.
Prerequisites:
none
Diverse Cultures:
Purple
A study of selected novels from a variety of time periods and cultures, including Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Prerequisites:
none
Unrestricted Electives
Choose 8 credits of literature coursework at the 300- and 400-level. Courses may not double count from other English department majors or minors.
