Requirements of the Major
Learning Outcomes
Students who complete their degree in English with a concentration in Literature will be able to do the following:
- Explicate a text through close and careful reading
- Articulate the key terms, foundational assumptions, and central concepts of modern critical and theoretical movements
- Deploy major critical modes in the interpretation of literary works
- Demonstrate knowledge of rhetorical, theoretical, and social functions of language
- Distinguish the sequence of literary periodization
- Evaluate research sources for authority, accuracy, and appropriateness
- Synthesize multiple sources in a research paper with correct and appropriate documentation of all sources
- Produce clearly written and well-argued papers in academic prose
- Communicate orally in formal presentations and informal class discussion