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English concentrators must take a total of eleven courses to fulfill the requirements of the major: two 200-level prerequisites, the Junior Seminar, and eight departmental courses, seven of which must be at the 300 level or above. With the permission of the Departmental Representative, majors may count one cognate course from another department, where that course adds depth or perspective to their studies in English. (Some optional tracks may permit more cognates or specify their nature: see below.)
Prerequisites provide a background in literary history, and familiarity with one of the major genres. Majors take both ENG 205 (British Literature from the Fourteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries) and one of the 200-level Reading Literature courses: ENG 200 (Poetry), ENG 201 (Fiction), ENG 202 (Drama), ENG 203 (The Essay), or ENG 204 (Theory and Criticism).
Distribution requirements ensure historical and generic breadth in each major’s program of study.
Foundations (two courses in British literature before 1800, only one of which can be Shakespeare, and one course in American literature before 1865) grounds majors in the history of English.
Modernity (one course in literature after 1800) brings them up to date.
Diasporas (one course in Anglophone or U. S. minority literatures) explores the racial, cultural, and geographical diversities that inform literary tradition.
Theory and Criticism (one course) provides tools for thinking critically across all these periods, identities, and genres.
Each semester, the Department offers a wide variety of courses in each area, and a full list is available on the Department website. (By arrangement with the Departmental Representative, some courses may satisfy two requirements simultaneously.)
Tracks are optional, and offer the chance for students with special interests to focus their programs of study within the discipline of English and on questions that lie between disciplines. Majors may elect a track at any time: a junior may already know she wants to focus on literary theory; a second-semester senior may realize he has been writing about literature and the arts all along. Some concentrations, however, have more requirements than others (Comparative Literatures, Theater and Performance Studies, and Creative Writing in particular), and students are advised to make a start as early as the sophomore year. Most concentrators take one day of the Comprehensive Exams with an emphasis on their concentration.
Follow the links below for more information on the individual tracks:
British Literature and Culture
American Literature and Culture
Anglophone Literature and Culture
Arts and Media
Comparative Literatures
Theory and Criticism
Theater and Performance Studies
Creative Writing
Individualized Program of Study
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