
The study of literature provides, through rigorous analysis of major literary works, a unique experience in recognizing, evaluating, and articulating human values, motives, and qualities.
- We provide students a strong foundation in literary history and genre with opportunities to take specialized upper-level courses in faculty members' areas of expertise, including courses on the American Novel, Satire, Narrative Medicine, Literature and Film, and Caribbean Literature, among others
- We have particular strengths in diverse literary traditions, offering courses in Native American Literature, Asian American Literature, Black American Literature, and Postcolonial Literature and Theory
- Our faculty are active teacher-scholars and take students to national English conventions
- Our literature students complete a capstone experience, either an internship or an independent study
Requirements
English - Literature Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate understanding of literary history by analyzing literary texts in relation to literary movements, genres, or periods
- Demonstrate ability to employ concepts and methods from major literary theories and critical approaches in original critical writing.
- Demonstrate ability to investigate connections between cultural contexts (domestic or global) and the English language and literature in English.
- Demonstrate competence in locating and using library resources, including book collections and scholarly research databases, and in selecting and integrating source materials in critical essays, using MLA documentation style.
- Demonstrate understanding the ability to write clearly, engagingly, and persuasively in literary analysis and other genres.
- Demonstrate ability to apply learning in the major to professional and applied settings, as evidenced in such activities as teaching practica, internships, graduate school and career exploration, and participation in conferences and societies.
- Demonstrate effective and informative oral and presentation communication skills.
