World Literature (Minor)
Arts and Sciences
Foreign Languages, ESL and Humanities
- Info
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- Course Descriptions
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The minor in World Literature will enable students to deepen their understanding of the literary contributions of people through time and in diverse areas of the world.
Course Requirements |
15 | |
|---|---|---|
Introduction to Literary Analysis and Theorychoose one of the following |
3 | |
| ENG311 | Literary Studies | 3 |
| SPAN200 | Introduction to Literary Analysis | 3 |
Regional Literatures(Choose two, from different disciplines) |
6 | |
| AAS220 | West African Literature in English | 3 |
| AAS221 | East and Southern African Literature | 3 |
| FREN334 | Literature of the French Speaking West Indies | 3 |
| FREN335 | Literature of French Speaking Africa | 3 |
| SPAN301 | The Literature of the Spanish Speaking Caribbean up to Modernismo | 3 |
| SPAN302 | The Literature of the Spanish Speaking Caribbean after Modernismo | 3 |
| SPAN307 | Contemporary Latin American Literature | 3 |
| WLIT201 | Literature of the Western World Through the Renaissance | 3 |
| WLIT205 | Introduction to Francophone Literature | 3 |
| WLIT206 | Introduction to the Literature of the Caribbean | 3 |
| WLIT207 | Introduction to Latin American Literature | 3 |
National Literatures(Choose one) |
3 | |
| ENG328 | Medieval and Renaissance Literature | 3 |
| ENG345 | Twentieth Century British Literature | 3 |
| ENG350 | American Voices and Visions I | 3 |
| FREN206 | Introduction to Haitian Literature | 3 |
| SPAN221 | Spanish Literature to 1700 | 3 |
| SPAN222 | Spanish Literature from 1700 | 3 |
| WLIT210 | French Masterpieces in Translation | 3 |
| WLIT211 | Italian Theatre in Translation | 3 |
| WLIT212 | Masterpieces of Spanish Literature in Translation | |
The Literature of Women and Ethnic Minorities(Choose one) |
3 | |
| ENG392 | African-American Literature | 3 |
| ENG395 | Women Writers | 3 |
| FREN226 | French and Francophone Women’s Writing | 3 |
| SPAN300 | Women Writers from Latin America | 3 |
| SPAN320 | Women Writers from Spain | 3 |
| WLIT225 | Introduction to Latino Literature in the U.S. | 3 |
| WLIT226 | Contemporary Women Writers in World Literature | 3 |
