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Minor in World Literature

In keeping with the University's mission to provide an international curriculum, the world literature minor offers students (except those in the LAN and LIT curricula) an opportunity to broaden their perspectives on foreign cultures through the study of literature outside of the Anglo-American tradition. Students will also develop critical, analytical, and linguistic skills essential in today's job market. The minor offers choices from a broad range of courses in literature, in translation or in the original language, from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. World Literature courses are cross-listed in the Department of English and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.

Requirements

Proficiency in foreign language at the FL 202, LAT 202, GRK 202 or above, and fifteen credit hours, distributed as follows, are
required for the minor:

  1. Two courses in World Literature: (FL/ENG 221, 222, 223, 224). One of these courses must be pre-twentieth century (FL/ENG 221 or 222).
  2. Two courses in Special Topics in World Literature (FL/ENG 394), or Seminar in Literary Criticism (ENG 496).
  3. Any 300- or 400-level literature course outside of the student's major; or FL/ENG 539 with permission of instructor.

For more information on the Minor in World Literature, please contact:

Dr. Larysa Mykyta
Withers 203
515-9314

or

Dr. Maria Rouphail
Tompkins 116
515-4130