Minor in Literature

Department of Language and Literature

Objective: The minor in literature provides a literature program to students majoring in areas other than English. Students will learn how to read and appreciate literature. They will receive an introduction to the historical breadth of one world area, and read more deeply in each of the following: American, British, and world literature.

Administrator: Chair, Department of Language and Literature

Requirements: 18 credits of which 12 shall be numbered above 2999. Students must take at least one class from each of the following areas:

exterior and Conrad commons

American Literature

Item #
Title
Credits
ENGL2210
American Literature: Colonial Period to the Civil War
3
ENGL2220
American Literature: Civil War to the Present
3
ENGL3210
Major Authors in American Literature
3
ENGL3250
The American Novel
3
ENGL4270W
Minority Voices in American Literature
3

British Literature

Item #
Title
Credits
ENGL2310
British Literature: Beowulf through the Age of Reason
3
ENGL2320
British Literature: The Romantic Age to the Present
3
ENGL3310
Major Authors in British Literature
3
ENGL3320W
Shakespeare
3
ENGL3350
The British Novel
3
ENGL4340
Major Romantics and Victorians
3
ENGL4350
Major British Authors to the Restoration
3

World Literature

Item #
Title
Credits
ENGL2420
World Literature: The Ancient World to the Renaissance
3
ENGL2430
World Literature: The Enlightenment to the Modern Era
3
ENGL3410
Greek and Roman Classics
3
ENGL3420
Literature in Translation
3