Requirements for the concentration in literature
- Read a literary work closely and critically. Required course for all majors:
ENGL 260. Introduction to Literary Studies. The
department strongly recommends that students take ENGL 260
before enrolling in any upper-level English course. The Writing Intensive
Requirement Part II is fulfilled by ENGL 260.
- Recognize the importance of the cultural contexts in which each work locates
itself. The department requires two courses in "cultural context." One of the
courses must be one of the following surveys: ENGL 204,
205, 210,
211, 213, or
217. A more advanced cultural context course may be
substituted for a survey upon petition. Alternately, <
span class="TCEB_Bold">GDST 252 and GDST 253 shall
count as filling the requirement of a survey course.
- Become knowledgeable about the broad traditions of American and British
literature. The department requires three 300/400-level courses emphasizing
literature written before 1800; two 300/400-level courses emphasizing
literature written after 1800; and two courses as electives (at least one
elective English course must be at the 300/400 level).
- Develop and refine the interpretive theories and formal patterns students
use to understand works of literature. The department requires one course
in literary theory.
- Bring to bear on each work your experience as readers and critics. The
department requires a senior English major project, which may be a senior
thesis or a senior seminar. You should undertake your project in your senior year.
The selection of courses must also take into account the
following distribution requirements:
- One advanced course (excluding ENGL 260) must emphasize poetry.
- One advanced course must emphasize British literature.
- One advanced course must emphasize American literature.
Requirements for the concentration in creative writing
- Read a literary work closely and critically. Required course for all majors:
ENGL 260. Introduction to Literary Studies. The
department strongly recommends that students take ENGL 260
before enrolling in any upper-level English course. The Writing Intensive Requirement
Part II is fulfilled by ENGL 260.
- Recognize the importance of the cultural contexts in which each work locates
itself. The department requires two courses in "cultural context." One of the
courses must be one of the following surveys: ENGL 204,
205, 210, 211,
213, or 217. A more advanced
cultural context course may be substituted for a survey upon petition.
Alternately, GDST 252 and GDST 253
shall count as filling the requirement of a survey course.
- Become knowledgeable about the broad traditions of American and British
literature. The department requires three 300/400-level courses emphasizing
literature written before 1800; and two 300/400-level courses emphasizing
literature written after 1800.
- Cultivate your talents for imaginative writing. The department requires all
those concentrating in creative writing to take
ENGL 270. Introduction to Creative Writing. Some
upper-level creative writing courses may require ENGL 270
as a prerequisite.
- Take at least one advanced creative writing workshop (ENGL 333,
334, 335,
336, 337, or
FILM 337. Writing for Film, or
THDN 293. Playwrights' Workshop I, or
THDN 345. Writing for Stage and Screen). Each of these
workshops has a literature pre- or co-requisite---see your adviser.
- Take a senior workshop (ENGL 492 or
ENGL 494).
- Write a thesis (restricted to students with an A- average in the English
major, or to students who have submitted a successful petition to the
director of creative writing), or take a second advanced creative writing
workshop (ENGL 333, 334,
335, 336,
337, or FILM 337. Writing for Film,
or THDN 293. Playwrights' Workshop I, or
THDN 345. Writing for Stage and Screen) in a different
genre from the course taken to fulfill the advanced creative writing workshop.
Each workshop has a literature pre- or co-requisite---see your adviser.
The selection of courses must also take into account the
following distribution requirements:
- One advanced course (excluding ENGL 260) must emphasize poetry.
- One advanced course must emphasize British literature.
- One advanced course must emphasize American literature.
Requirements for the concentration in
literature and film
- Read a literary work closely and critically. Required course for all majors:
ENGL 260. Introduction to Literary Studies. The
department strongly recommends that students take ENGL 260
before enrolling in any upper-level English course. The Writing Intensive
Requirement Part II is fulfilled by ENGL 260.
- Cultivate an understanding of the essential problems and techniques of film
interpretation. The department requires that all those concentrating in
literature and film take ENGL 265. Introduction to
Film Studies. Some upper-level film courses may require
ENGL 265 as a pre-requisite.
- Recognize the importance of the cultural contexts in which each work
locates itself. The department requires students concentrating in literature
and film to take one further course besides 265 in "cultural context." The
course must be one of the following surveys ENGL 204,
205, 210,
213, or 217, preferably
in the student's first or second year. A more advanced cultural context
course may be substituted for a survey upon petition. Alternately,
GDST 252 and 253 shall
count as filling this requirement.
- Develop and refine the interpretive theories and formal patterns students
use to understand works of literature and film. The department requires that
concentrators in literature and film take one of the following theory courses:
ENGL 470. Film Theory: An Introduction,
ENGL 401. Theories and Methods of Literary Studies, or
ENGL 301. Literature and Meaning: from Aristotle to Queer Theory.
- Become knowledgeable about the broad traditions of American and British literature.
The department requires two 300/400-level courses emphasizing literature written
before 1800; and two 300/400-level courses emphasizing literature written after 1800.
- Become knowledgeable about the history of cinema. The department requires three
advanced courses, at least two at the 300/400 level, in film studies. Of these
courses, one must be specifically on literature and film (so designated in the
course catalogue). Up to one of these courses may be taken in a co-ordinate
department.
- Bring to bear on each work your experience as readers, viewers, and critics.
The department requires a senior English major project, which may be a senior
thesis or a senior seminar. You should undertake your project in your senior year.
The selection of courses must also take into account the
following distribution requirements:
- One advanced course (excluding ENGL 260) must emphasize poetry.
- One advanced course must emphasize British literature.
- One advanced course must emphasize American literature.
The English minor---The student
electing a minor in English will choose a concentration in either literature or
creative writing. In order to declare a minor in English, the student must meet
with the department chair. Only courses in which the student has received a grade
of at least C- can count toward the minor in English.
Literature concentration
Six courses in literature:
- ENGL 260. Introduction to Literary Studies
- One cultural context (introductory or advanced level) or one survey (
ENGL 204, 205,
210, 211,
213, or 217, or
GDST 252 or 253) (A more
advanced cultural context course may be substituted for a survey upon
petition.)
- One 300/400-level pre-1800 course
- One 300/400-level post-1800 course
- Two electives, at least one of which must be at the 300/400-level
The selection of courses must also take into account
the following distribution requirements:
- One advanced course (excluding ENGL 260) must
emphasize poetry.
- One advanced course must emphasize British literature.
- One advanced course must emphasize American literature.
Creative writing concentration
Six courses---three in literature and three in creative
writing:
- ENGL 260. Introduction to Literary Studies
- Two literature courses---one must be pre-1800; one must be upper-level
- ENGL 270. Introduction to Creative Writing
- One advanced creative writing workshop (ENGL 333,
334, 335,
336, 337,
FILM 337, THDN 293, or
THDN 345)
- Senior workshop in fiction or poetry (ENGL 492 or
494)
Honors---In order to earn
honors in the major, all students must attain a minimum of an A- GPA in all
English courses counting toward major requirements. In addition, all students
must successfully complete an honors senior project, of which both semester
credits will count toward the major GPA. The honors senior project consists
of either:
- A two-semester senior thesis.
- A senior seminar plus a one-semester senior thesis. The student may do
the thesis and the seminar in either term.
- For students concentrating in creative writing, a fall-term senior workshop
plus a spring-term creative thesis if the student has earned a minimum GPA
of A- in the major by the end of junior year.
Students who plan to
continue the study of English in graduate school should see Professor David
Rosen about special preparation, preferably in their sophomore year or early
in their junior year.
Study away---The English
Department encourages its students to take the opportunity to study abroad,
both in countries in which English is the primary language and elsewhere.
Students interested in studying abroad or elsewhere in the United States
should discuss questions of transferring credits, fulfilling requirements,
and other related matters with the department's study abroad adviser,
Professor Milla Riggio. The English Department accepts two courses for a
semester away, and three courses for a year away toward the major, with the
possibility of petitioning the chair to count additional courses under
exceptional circumstances.
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