ENG 130 - Literary Studies for the English Major and Minor Credits: 3

Introduces the fundamental components of the major genres of literature (drama, fiction, poetry): plot-structure and character, narrative point-of-view and style, metaphor, and rhythm. Students are taught to identify and to analyze these components in a range of representative titles, e.g., Shakespeare’s Othello, Toni Morrison’s Sula, Coleridge and Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads. Includes reading and writing assignments focused on such identification and evaluation. Students should expect to write at least one documented paper.