Requirements

Degree Requirements

This major is available as a bachelor of arts degree only, as defined in the section on degree requirements for all majors in this catalog.

Major Requirements

42 credits

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
ENGL 240	HERO(IN)ES, MONSTERS, PROTEST: BRITISH LITERATURE TO 1660	4
ENGL 241	SEX, LANGUAGE, AND EMPIRE BRITISH LITERATURE FROM 1660 TO THE PRESENT	4
ENGL 250	POETRY, PROSE, AND PLAYS	4
ENGL 275	CRITICAL METHODS OF LITERARY STUDY	4
ENGL 279	PORTFOLIO AND PROFESSIONALIZATION SEMINAR	1
ENGL 285	PURITANS TO POSTMODERNS: FIRST CONTACT TO LASTING CONTACT	4
ENGL 385	THE NOVEL IN THE UNITED STATES	4
ENGL 479	PORTFOLIO	1
ENGL 486	SENIOR SEMINAR: LITERATURE	4
Select one upper division British literature class. The courses listed below are examples:		4
ENGL 341	SEX AND POWER IN THE RENAISSANCE
ENGL 344	SECRET LIVES IN VICTORIAN LITERATURE
ENGL 345	20TH CENTURY GLOBAL BRITISH LITERATURE
ENGL 350	SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES AND HISTORIES: PERFORMING GENDER AND SEXUALITY (ALSO LISTED AS GENS 350)
ENGL 351	SHAKESPEARE: TRAGEDIES AND TRAGICOMEDIES (ALSO LISTED AS THTR 351)
ENGL 365	POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Select one course addressing U.S. pluralisms. The courses listed below are examples:		4
ENGL 270	WESTERN AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENGL 285	PURITANS TO POSTMODERNS: FIRST CONTACT TO LASTING CONTACT
ENGL 385	THE NOVEL IN THE UNITED STATES
Select one course addressing global pluralisms. The courses listed below are examples:		4
ENGL 260	TRANSATLANTIC LITERATURE
ENGL 300	WOMEN WRITERS (ALSO LISTED AS GENS 300)
ENGL 301	GLOBAL ENCOUNTERS
ENGL 305	DIVERSE VOICES IN LITERARY EXPRESSION
ENGL 345	20TH CENTURY GLOBAL BRITISH LITERATURE
ENGL 365	POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Total Credits		42

One creative writing course may be counted toward the literature major. Up to 2 credits in LITERARY MAGAZINE (ENGL 120) may be counted toward the major.

Student Learning Outcomes

In successfully completing a major in literature, students will have:

• A clearer understanding of the ways literature at once articulates and reflects social, political, cultural and global contexts;
• Deeper aesthetic appreciation of poems, drama, fiction, nonfiction, and/or films as manifestations of imagination;
• Familiarity with the methods, theories, and issues of literary criticism;
• The ability to advocate critical responses in classroom discussion and to listen to and consider the critical analyses of others;
• The ability to analyze narrative and literary motifs and to present those understandings in critical papers.

Oregon Preliminary Teaching Licensure in English Language Arts

A student majoring in Creative Writing or Literature must also complete a Secondary Education major with Licensure. In order to complete the Secondary Education major with Licensure, students should begin taking education courses no later than their sophomore year. The student must be advised by faculty in both majors.