ENG-BA - English Literature (B.A.)

utilize literary terminology and the conventions of the field (including MLA-style citation) appropriately and effectively in describing and explicating texts from different genres, periods, and movements.

discuss historical developments in literature, including the development of different literary forms/ genres and of critical and theoretical methods for exploring texts, and be able to explicate in oral discussions and in critical essays a variety of forms and genres using these perspectives.

evaluate movements, periods, and representative figures in literature, and to make connections across and within genre, gender, racial, ethnic, and national border lines.

translate Shakespeare like a god.