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.
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 Courses (3 credit hours)
ENG 190 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE 3
Courses in Literature (15 credit hours)
Select five courses from the following:
ENG 130 BIBLICAL AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE
ENG 131 MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
ENG 147 INTRODUCTION TO DIVERSE LITERATURES
ENG 151 INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
ENG 210 TOPICS IN BRITISH AND IRISH LITERATURE
ENG 220 TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENG 221 FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENG 230 COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
ENG 231 WOMEN IN LITERATURE
ENG 240 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940
ENG 241 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940
ENG 243 INTRODUCTION TO LATINX LITERATURE
ENG 250 LITERARY MOVEMENTS
ENG 255 THE SHORT STORY
ENG 315 SHAKESPEARE
ENG 322 REPRESENTATIVE WRITERS
ENG 337 LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
ENG 345 MODERN WORLD LITERATURE
ENG 353 AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE
ENG 354 ETHNIC AMERICAN MINORITY LITERATURES
ENG 356 SPECULATIVE FICTION
ENG 361 CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
ENG 362 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
ENG 385 GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN LITERATURE
ENG 416 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE
ENG 442 THE AMERICAN NOVEL TO 1900
ENG 447 SELECTED TOPICS IN DIVERSE LITERATURE
ENG 450 STUDIES IN POETRY
ENG 451 STUDIES IN FICTION
ENG 452 STUDIES IN DRAMA
ENG 461 YOUNG-ADULT LITERATURE
Total Credit Hours 18
1 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.
2 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.