Introduction to Literary Studies. 4 semester hours. Introduction to the discipline and methodology of literary study. Designed to refine skills in critical reading and writing, to build a vocabulary of analytical terms and concepts, to raise central questions of literary theory, to introduce a variety of critical approaches, and to give familiarity with the materials and methods of literary research.
Readings vary in different sections.
Required of the English major and minor. Topics in Non-Western Culture. 4 semester hours. Study of significant books and other art forms from non-Western societies, e.g., The African Novel. 4 semester hours.