MINOR REQUIREMENTS (18 HOURS)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Required
ENLT 151	Introduction to Literature	3
Two of the following from the three areas:		6
Transformations in Shakespeare Studies
ENLT 315	Shakespeare
ENLT 316	Shakespeare and the Power of Art
Transformations in Early Literature
ENLT 311	Medieval Literature
ENLT 312	Chaucer
ENLT 314	16th/17th-Century British Literature
Transformations in British Literature
ENLT 311	Medieval Literature
ENLT 312	Chaucer
ENLT 314	16th/17th-Century British Literature
ENLT 327	18th-Century British Novel: Novel Women
ENLT 328	18th-Century British Literature
ENLT 330	Romantic Movements
ENLT 333	Victorian Literature
ENLT 336	19th-Century British Novel: The Victorian Novel
ENLT 337	The Brontes
ENLT 343	20th-Century British Novel
One course in Transformations in American Literature:		3
ENLT 346	American Literature to 1865
ENLT 351	19th-Century American Literature
ENLT 354	Immigrant Women’s Writing
ENLT 358	Development of the American Novel
ENLT 375	Contemporary American Poetry in Context
ENLT 387	Gender and Sexuality in Literature
One course in Transformations in Global Anglophone Literatures:		3
ENLT 362	Contemporary Global Literature
ENLT 363	20th-Century and Contemporary African Literature
ENLT 366	Postcolonial Women’s Writing
ENLT 367	Caribbean Women’s Literature
ENLT 387	Gender and Sexuality in Literature
One course in Literature by Historically Underrepresented Groups:		3
ENLT 216	Literature of Social Justice
ENLT 217	Contemporary Women’s Fiction
ENLT 251	African-American Literature
ENLT 354	Immigrant Women’s Writing
ENLT 362	Contemporary Global Literature
ENLT 363	20th-Century and Contemporary African Literature
ENLT 366	Postcolonial Women’s Writing
ENLT 367	Caribbean Women’s Literature
ENLT 387	Gender and Sexuality in Literature
Total Credits		18

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will:

• Demonstrate an understanding of plot, structure, and conventions of genre in literary works;
• Identify and apply critical and theoretical frameworks, including intersectional feminist analytic perspectives;
• Write clearly, formulating evidence-based arguments; supporting interpretive claims with textual evidence; and observing the conventions of citation, grammar, and style as appropriate;
• Connect training in literary studies to professional, public, and/or community contexts; and
• Synthesize learning across the major, by successfully planning, executing, revising and completing a substantial critical project.