Literature Major
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
Code | Title | Credits |
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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 | |
SEX AND POWER IN THE RENAISSANCE | ||
SECRET LIVES IN VICTORIAN LITERATURE | ||
20TH CENTURY GLOBAL BRITISH LITERATURE | ||
SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES AND HISTORIES: PERFORMING GENDER AND SEXUALITY (ALSO LISTED AS GENS 350) | ||
SHAKESPEARE: TRAGEDIES AND TRAGICOMEDIES (ALSO LISTED AS THTR 351) | ||
POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | ||
Select one course addressing U.S. pluralisms. The courses listed below are examples: | 4 | |
WESTERN AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
PURITANS TO POSTMODERNS: FIRST CONTACT TO LASTING CONTACT | ||
THE NOVEL IN THE UNITED STATES | ||
Select one course addressing global pluralisms. The courses listed below are examples: | 4 | |
TRANSATLANTIC LITERATURE | ||
WOMEN WRITERS (ALSO LISTED AS GENS 300) | ||
GLOBAL ENCOUNTERS | ||
DIVERSE VOICES IN LITERARY EXPRESSION | ||
20TH CENTURY GLOBAL BRITISH LITERATURE | ||
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.