About the Program
As there is a correlation between mastery of language and success in virtually every field, the English Department devised a minor curriculum to strengthen student abilities in several areas connected with language. 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.
About the English Department
208 Ketchum Hall
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone: (716) 878-5417
Fax:
https://english.buffalostate.edu/
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 BRITISH LITERATURE TO 1700
ENG 211 BRITISH LITERATURE 1700-1914
ENG 212 BRITISH LITERATURE SINCE 1914
ENG 220 AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1865
ENG 221 AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1865
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 252 BRITISH MODERNISM
ENG 253 TWENTIETH-CENTURY LITERATURE II
ENG 255 THE SHORT STORY
ENG 313 MILTON
ENG 314 CHAUCER
ENG 315 SHAKESPEARE I
ENG 316 SHAKESPEARE II
ENG 322 REPRESENTATIVE WRITERS
ENG 330 LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE
ENG 331 FRENCH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
ENG 332 RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
ENG 335 MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE EUROPEAN LITERATURE
ENG 337 MODERN EUROPEAN LITERATURE
ENG 345 WORLD LITERATURE AFTER 1945
ENG 346 NON-WESTERN LITERATURE AFTER 1945
ENG 350 TWENTIETH-CENTURY DRAMA I
ENG 351 TWENTIETH-CENTURY DRAMA II
ENG 353 AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE
ENG 354 ETHNIC AMERICAN MINORITY LITERATURES
ENG 356 SPECULATIVE FICTION
ENG 362 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
ENG 385 GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN LITERATURE
ENG 447 SELECTED TOPICS IN DIVERSE LITERATURE
ENG 450 STUDIES IN POETRY
ENG 451 STUDIES IN FICTION
ENG 452 STUDIES IN DRAMA
ENG 454 TWENTIETH-CENTURY NOVEL I
ENG 455 THE BRITISH NOVEL AFTER 1900
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 391, ENG 490 or a literature course from another department may be used to fulfill one of the Elective Courses in Literature.