English Curriculum
English Major Requirements (BA) | ||
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| 12 courses, including: | ||
| ENG204 | World Literature A critical approach to major writers in several world traditions, from various periods, including such representative authors as Chuang Tze, Plato, and Wole Soyinka, and such representative works as the "Book of Genesis," The Bacchae, and The Odyssey. |
3 Credits |
| ENG207 | British Writers I A critical and historical approach to major writers in English during the Anglo-Saxon, medieval, and Renaissance periods, including such representative authors as the Beowulf poet, Chaucer, Spenser, Shake-speare, Donne, and Milton. |
3 Credits |
| ENG208 | British Writers II A critical and historical approach to major writers in English during the Augustan, Romantic, and Victorian periods, including such representative authors as Swift, Pope, Johnson, Wordsworth, Keats, Arnold, Tennyson, and Browning. |
3 Credits |
| ENG216 | American Writers I A study of cultural and literary developments in America, beginning with the Puritans and culminating with the writers of the American Renaissance: Emerson, Thoreau, Douglass, Hawthorne, and Melville. |
3 Credits |
| ENG322 | Fiction-amer Exploration FICTION OF AMERICAN EXPLORATIOR PERM |
3 Credits |
| ENG287 | African-American Writers This course provides an introduction to the African-American expressive tradition, including poetry, fiction, autobiography, song and folktales from the 18th century to the present. Examining writers such as Douglass, Chesnutt, Brooks, Baldwin, Ellison, and Walker, this course works to delineate the critical and historical contours of the African-American literary tradition. |
3 Credits |
| ENG350 | Seminar in Literary Theory and Scholarly Writing An advanced course in writing literary analysis and methods of literary research; required of all junior English majors and interdepartmental majors before enrollment in the tutorial. Prerequisite(s): Second-term junior status. |
3 Credits |
| ENG498 | Tutorial: English | 4 Credits |
| ENG499 | Tutorial: English | 4 Credits |
| 2 300-level or above seminars | ||
| 1 English elective (not ENG 102 or 104) | ||