English A.B. - Literature Concentration
Chair: Associate Professor Proudfit
A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English and a concentration in Literature requires the completion of the Elon Core Curriculum as well as the Major Requirements listed below.
Major Requirements
Literature requirements:
| ENG2900 | Literary Studies: Theories and Methods | 4 sh |
| ENG4970 | Senior Seminar: Literature | 4 sh |
Choose one course from the following: 4 sh
| ENG2210 | British Literature Before 1800 | 4 sh |
| ENG2220 | British Literature After 1800 | 4 sh |
| ENG2230 | American Literature Before 1865 | 4 sh |
| ENG2240 | American Literature After 1865 | 4 sh |
| ENG2250 | African-American Literature Before 1945 | 4 sh |
| ENG2260 | African-American Literature Since 1945 | 4 sh |
Choose five courses from the following; at least three must be at the 3000-level or above: 20 sh
| ENG2210 | British Literature Before 1800 | 4 sh |
| ENG2220 | British Literature After 1800 | 4 sh |
| ENG2230 | American Literature Before 1865 | 4 sh |
| ENG2240 | American Literature After 1865 | 4 sh |
| ENG2250 | African-American Literature Before 1945 | 4 sh |
| ENG2260 | African-American Literature Since 1945 | 4 sh |
| ENG2320 | Literature of East Asia | 4 sh |
| ENG2330 | The Beat Generation | 4 sh |
| ENG2360 | African-American Musical and Literary Traditions | 4 sh |
| ENG2340 | Caribbean Literature | 4 sh |
| ENG2350 | Asian-American Literature | 4 sh |
| ENG2570 | Literary Landscapes of England | 4 sh |
| ENG2572 | The Aids Play | 4 sh |
| ENG2574 | The Comedy of Manners | 4 sh |
| ENG2575 | LGBTQ Literature & Culture | 4 sh |
| ENG2580 | Modern Drama | 4 sh |
| ENG2590 | Literature of the Holocaust | 4 sh |
| ENG2600 | Literature and the Law | 4 sh |
| ENG3200 | Classical Literature | 4 sh |
| ENG3210 | Renaissance Literature | 4 sh |
| ENG3220 | Enlightenment Appetites | 4 sh |
| ENG3230 | Victorian Literature & Culture | 4 sh |
| ENG3240 | Modernisim | 4 sh |
| ENG3300 | The Harlem Renaissance | 4 sh |
| ENG3301 | Paris and the Expatriates | 4 sh |
| ENG3310 | Appalachian Literature | 4 sh |
| ENG3320 | Literature of the South | 4 sh |
| ENG3330 | American Environmental Writers | 4 sh |
| ENG3340 | Native American Literature | 4 sh |
| ENG3350 | Civil War in American Imagination | 4 sh |
| ENG3351 | Narratives of Slavery Before and After Emancipation | 4 sh |
| ENG3360 | Queer Feelings | 4 sh |
| ENG3420 | Shakespeare | 4 sh |
| ENG3440 | Austen | 4 sh |
| ENG3450 | Orwell | 4 sh |
| ENG3460 | The Brontes | 4 sh |
| ENG3510 | The Novel | 4 sh |
| ENG3520 | Drama | 4 sh |
| ENG3530 | Poetry | 4 sh |
| ENG3540 | The Short Story | 4 sh |
| ENG3550 | The Rise of the Novel | 4 sh |
| ENG3560 | Nonfiction | 4 sh |
| ENG3570 | British Women Novelists | 4 sh |
| ENG3580 | Young Adult Literature | 4 sh |
| ENG3590 | African-American Novels | 4 sh |
| ENG3600 | Postmodernism: Printer, Stoppard, Churchill | 4 sh |
| ENG3610 | Psychoanalytical Theory: Albee O'Neill | 4 sh |
| ENG3620 | Race Theory: Wilson, Parks, Lee | 4 sh |
| ENG3630 | Cultural Materialism: Baker & Chekhov | 4 sh |
| ENG3680 | Modern Italian Literature | 4 sh |
| ENG3800 | Advanced World Literature | 4 sh |
| ENG3810 | Latin American Literature and Culture | 4 sh |
| ENG3820 | Postcolonial Asian Literature and Globalization | 4 sh |
| ENG3830 | African Experience in Literature | 4 sh |
| ENG3840 | Middle Eastern Literature | 4 sh |
| ENG3900 | Teaching Literature: Canons, Cultures and Classrooms | 4 sh |
| ENG3920 | Women in Literature: Feminist Approaches | 4 sh |
Additional Major requirements outside of the literature concentration: 12 sh
- Choose one ENG language course 4 sh
- Choose one ENG or PWR writing course 4 sh
- Choose one additional ENG writing or ENG language course (ENG/PWR double majors may choose an additional PWR writing course to fulfill this requirement) 4 sh
ENG Language Courses
| ENG2040 | Language in Society | 4 sh |
| ENG2050 | Grammar | 4 sh |
| ENG3010 | Introduction to Linguistics | 4 sh |
| ENG3020 | History of the English Language | 4 sh |
| ENG3050 | American English | 4 sh |
| ENG3060 | Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): Theory and Practice | 4 sh |
Writing Courses
| PWR2130 | Publishing and Editing I | 4 sh |
| PWR2120 | Multimedia and Visual Rhetorics I | 4 sh |
| ENG2130 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 4 sh |
| ENG2140 | Creative Writing: Poetry Reading/Writing | 4 sh |
| PWR2110 | Professional Writing and Rhetoric | 4 sh |
| PWR2100 | Professional Writing and Technology Studio | 4 sh |
| ENG2090 | Writing Studies Survey | 4 sh |
| PWR2170 | Writing as Inquiry | 4 sh |
| PWR3110 | Understanding Rhetoric | 4 sh |
| PWR3130 | Publishing and Editing II | 4 sh |
| PWR3120 | Multimedia and Visual Rhetorics II | 4 sh |
| PWR3190 | Special Topics in Professional Writing and Rhetoric | 4 sh |
| ENG3150 | Intermediate Creative Writing: Nonfiction | 4 sh |
| ENG3160 | Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry | 4 sh |
| ENG3170 | Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction | 4 sh |
| ENG3090 | Writing Center Workshop | 4 sh |
| PWR3210 | Writing Grants | 4 sh |
| PWR3220 | Writing Science | 4 sh |
| PWR3230 | Writing Civic Action | 4 sh |
| ENG3910 | Media Storm | 4 sh |
| ENG4130 | Advanced Creative Writing | 4 sh |
| ENG4160 | Teaching Creative Writing in the Community | 4 sh |
Double Concentrations and Double Majors
Students are encouraged to pursue a double concentration to study the interconnectedness of writing and reading literature (literature/creative writing) or a double major in English to combine liberal arts and pre-professional training (ENG/PWR). Completing a dual concentration or double major in English requires a capstone experience in each area. For more information, see your English or PWR major advisor or the English department chair.
Total Credit Hours: 44