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:

ENG 2900	Literary Studies: Theories and Methods	4 sh
ENG 4970	Senior Seminar: Literature	4 sh
ENG 0070	Senior Comprehensive Evaluation	0 sh

Choose one course from the following: 4 sh

ENG 2210	British Literature Before 1800	4 sh
ENG 2220	British Literature After 1800	4 sh
ENG 2230	American Literature Before 1865	4 sh
ENG 2240	American Literature After 1865	4 sh
ENG 2250	African-American Literature Before 1945	4 sh
ENG 2260	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

ENG 2210	British Literature Before 1800	4 sh
ENG 2220	British Literature After 1800	4 sh
ENG 2230	American Literature Before 1865	4 sh
ENG 2240	American Literature After 1865	4 sh
ENG 2250	African-American Literature Before 1945	4 sh
ENG 2260	African-American Literature Since 1945	4 sh
ENG 2320	Literature of East Asia	4 sh
ENG 2330	The Beat Generation	4 sh
ENG 2360	African-American Musical and Literary Traditions	4 sh
ENG 2340	Caribbean Literature	4 sh
ENG 2350	Asian-American Literature	4 sh
ENG 2570	Literary Landscapes of England	4 sh
ENG 2572	The Aids Play	4 sh
ENG 2574	The Comedy of Manners	4 sh
ENG 2575	LGBTQ Literature & Culture	4 sh
ENG 2580	Modern Drama	4 sh
ENG 2590	Literature of the Holocaust	4 sh
ENG 2600	Literature and the Law	4 sh
ENG 3200	Classical Literature	4 sh
ENG 3210	Renaissance Literature	4 sh
ENG 3220	Enlightenment Appetites	4 sh
ENG 3230	Victorian Literature & Culture	4 sh
ENG 3240	Modernisim	4 sh
ENG 3300	The Harlem Renaissance	4 sh
ENG 3301	Paris and the Expatriates	4 sh
ENG 3310	Appalachian Literature	4 sh
ENG 3320	Literature of the South	4 sh
ENG 3330	American Environmental Writers	4 sh
ENG 3340	Native American Literature	4 sh
ENG 3350	Civil War in American Imagination	4 sh
ENG 3351	Narratives of Slavery Before and After Emancipation	4 sh
ENG 3360	Queer Feelings	4 sh
ENG 3420	Shakespeare	4 sh
ENG 3440	Austen	4 sh
ENG 3450	ORWELL	4 sh
ENG 3460	The Brontes	4 sh
ENG 3510	The Novel	4 sh
ENG 3520	Drama	4 sh
ENG 3530	Poetry	4 sh
ENG 3540	The Short Story	4 sh
ENG 3550	The Rise of the Novel	4 sh
ENG 3560	Nonfiction	4 sh
ENG 3570	British Women Novelists	4 sh
ENG 3580	Young Adult Literature	4 sh
ENG 3590	African-American Novels	4 sh
ENG 3600	Postmodernism: Printer, Stoppard, Churchill	4 sh
ENG 3610	Psychoanalytical Theory: Albee O'Neill	4 sh
ENG 3620	Race Theory: Wilson, Parks, Lee	4 sh
ENG 3630	Cultural Materialism: Baker & Chekhov	4 sh
ENG 3680	Modern Italian Literature	4 sh
ENG 3800	Advanced World Literature	4 sh
ENG 3810	Latin American Literature and Culture	4 sh
ENG 3820	Postcolonial Asian Literature and Globalization	4 sh
ENG 3830	African Experience in Literature	4 sh
ENG 3840	Middle Eastern Literature	4 sh
ENG 3900	Teaching Literature: Canons, Cultures and Classrooms	4 sh
ENG 3920	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

ENG 2040	Language in Society	4 sh
ENG 2050	Grammar	4 sh
ENG 3010	Introduction to Linguistics	4 sh
ENG 3020	History of the English Language	4 sh
ENG 3050	American English	4 sh
ENG 3060	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): Theory and Practice	4 sh

Writing Courses

PWR 2130	PUBLISHING AND EDITING I	4 sh
PWR 2120	MULTIMEDIA AND VISUAL RHETORICS I	4 sh
ENG 2130	Introduction to Creative Writing	4 sh
ENG 2140	Creative Writing: Poetry Reading/Writing	4 sh
PWR 2110	PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND RHETORIC	4 sh
PWR 2100	PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIO	4 sh
ENG 2090	Writing Studies Survey	4 sh
PWR 2170	WRITING AS INQUIRY	4 sh
PWR 3110	UNDERSTANDING RHETORIC	4 sh
PWR 3130	PUBLISHING AND EDITING II	4 sh
PWR 3120	MULTIMEDIA AND VISUAL RHETORICS II	4 sh
PWR 3190	SPECIAL TOPICS IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND RHETORIC	4 sh
ENG 3150	Intermediate Creative Writing: Nonfiction	4 sh
ENG 3160	Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry	4 sh
ENG 3170	Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction	4 sh
ENG 3090	Writing Center Workshop	4 sh
PWR 3210	WRITING GRANTS	4 sh
PWR 3220	WRITING SCIENCE	4 sh
PWR 3230	WRITING CIVIC ACTION	4 sh
ENG 3910	Media Storm	4 sh
ENG 4130	Advanced Creative Writing	4 sh
ENG 4160	Teaching Creative Writing in the Community	4 sh

At least one literature course must have a global/multicultural designation
At least one literature course must have a pre-1865 designation

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