Works will range from Gilgamesh to the present. Literature and History. The study of literature as history and history as literature. Students will learn how to read literary texts in relation to other forms of discourse within a given historical context, how to contextualize a text through historical research, and how to analyze the rhetoric of history. A consideration of various forms of life writing including autobiography, memoirs, diaries, journals, and testimonials and the people who write them.
Additional courses are currently under consideration.
Three elective courses in literature, reading knowledge of one foreign language, junior or senior standing, or permission of department. Exploration of important themes in literature, literary history, and criticism. Subject matter varies from semester to semester according to the interests and needs of students and teaching staff. Nonmajors also admitted.