About the Program
English Department
Ketchum Hall 213
(716) 878-5416
english.buffalostate.edu/
The minor in Literary Studies trains people to communicate lucidly, purposefully, and concisely, whether writing for a livelihood or using the skill as an adjunct to another expertise. The study of literature is also recognized for its ability to acquaint people with all aspects of human experience and to enable them to understand and make judgments, and to strengthen our capacity for empathy.
Admission Requirements
Any matriculated student in good academic standing may declare this program.
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
1. identify literary terminology and the conventions of the field,
2. interpret a variety of literary texts within aesthetic, cultural, and social contexts,
3. compare historical developments in literature and contrast these developments in oral discussions and in critical essays,
4. evaluate movements, periods, and representative figures in literature,
5. formulate connections across and within genre, gender, racial, ethnic, and national border lines.
Program Requirements
Required Course (3 credit hours)
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
ENG190 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
Courses in Literature (15 credit hours)
Select five courses from the following:
Complete at least 5 of the following Courses:
ENG130 BIBLICAL AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG131 MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG147 INTRODUCTION TO DIVERSE LITERATURES | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG151 INTRODUCTION TO POETRY | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG210 TOPICS IN BRITISH AND IRISH LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG220 TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG221 FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG230 COMPARATIVE LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG231 WOMEN IN LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG240 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940 | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG241 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940 | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG243 INTRODUCTION TO LATINX LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG250 LITERARY MOVEMENTS | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG255 THE SHORT STORY | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG315 SHAKESPEARE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG322 REPRESENTATIVE WRITERS | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG337 LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG345 MODERN WORLD LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG353 INDIGENOUS LITERATURE OF NORTH AMERICA | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG354 ETHNIC AMERICAN MINORITY LITERATURES | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG356 SPECULATIVE FICTION | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG361 CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG362 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG385 GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG416 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG442 THE AMERICAN NOVEL TO 1900 | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG447 SELECTED TOPICS IN DIVERSE LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG450 TOPICS IN THE STUDY OF POETRY | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG451 TOPICS IN THE STUDY OF FICTION | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG452 TOPICS IN THE STUDY OF DRAMA | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG461 YOUNG-ADULT LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
At least one of the five Area and Elective Courses in Literature must be a course in literature before 1900, to be chosen by advisement.
With adviser approval, ENG 370, ENG 380, ENG 390, ENG 490, or a literature course from another department may be used to fulfill one of the Elective Courses in Literature.
18 Total Credit Hours