The minor in Literature offers courses that examine literature from various cultures.  Core courses in British and American literature form a basis for the literature program, but students also have the opportunity to study literature in translation, ancient to contemporary, from every corner of the globe. 

 Literature   18 S.H.

REQUIRED:

engl 2999 approaches to english studies    3 cr.

ONE American Literature:                           3 cr.

ENGL 2000  American Literature I: Exploration to the Civil War 
 or ENGL 4200  Romantic Movement in U.S. Literature 

ENGL 2100  American Literature II: Civil War to the Present 
 or select from:
      ENGL 2650 Ethnic American Literature
      ENGL 3010 American Drama
      ENGL 3220 American Novel to 1950

ONE British Literature:                              3 cr.

ENGL 2200 British Literature I: Beowulf to Milton
 or select from:
     ENGL 3030  The Middle Ages
     ENGL 3120  The Golden Age of English Renaissance  
     ENGL 4010  Chaucer and His World 

ENGL 2210 British Literature II: Pepys to Shelley
 or select from: 
     ENGL 4040 Major English Writers of the 17th Century
     ENGL 4050 The Novel in the 18th Century
     ENGL 4070 Tradition and Revolution in British Literature: 1750- 1800
     ENGL 4080 British Romanticism

ENGL 2220 British Literature III: Bronte to Rushdie
 or select from:
     ENGL 3040 British Literature Since World War II
     ENGL 4090 The 19th- Century English Novel
     ENGL 4100 Victorian Literature
     ENGL 4115 British Modernism

One literature elective                               3 cr.

 Global Diversity (GDA) or
 Global Diversity Non-Western (GDAN) designation

Two literature electives                             6 CR.

 3000 or 4000 level