Minor: Literature, 21 Credits

Learning Goals for the Minor in Literature

After completing the minor in English and World Literatures, students will be able to:

• Analyze a variety of texts from world literature in several genres.
• Analyze texts from world literature using a variety of critical methods and approaches;
• Utilize a variety of research tools to situate their literary interpretations into a larger critical conversation;
• Write critical analyses of literary texts that frame them within a broader historical and cultural context.

Requirements

Required Courses (9 credits)

EWL 112	Literature and Media Seminar	3
EWL 120	Themes in World Literature: Literary NYC	3
EWL 207	Introduction to Theory	3

Perspectives Courses (9 credits at the 300+ level)

Elective Courses (3 credits)

Any additional CRW, EWL, FREN, or SPAN course at the 100, 200, 300, or 400 level

Creative Writing Major with a Literature Minor Only:

The Core courses may not count for both the major concentration and the minor, so an additional 9 credits of electives must be taken in order to make up the Literature Minor.