Literature

Overview

A concentration

We are living a global existence. From organizations to television to social media to matters of the economy, our world is getting smaller. To understand the world, you must be able to interpret it and acquire the skills necessary to navigate successfully through complex problems that have no easy solutions. You must also be capable of understanding people with backgrounds and experiences that don’t resemble your own.

The Literature concentration at Bryant reflects the changing and dynamic landscape of literary studies and offers you the opportunity to study and learn US and international literatures. You’ll be able to:

• Understand the formation of “literature.” This includes an historical overview of the development of British and American literatures, as well as an in-depth study of literary genres, such as poetry, drama, and narrative.
• Know of the emergence of new voices, approaches, and critical shifts within the field of literary studies. These developments reflect an increasingly diverse US society and the proliferation of new literary genres and movements within a global context.
• Engage in the creative act of writing. This includes workshops in poetry and fiction writing, as well as opportunities to produce sustained research projects in literary studies.

The Department of English and Cultural Studies at Bryant is committed to examining, interrogating, and reimagining forms of literacy. The development of this skill — critical literacy — is central to the process of becoming a responsibly engaged global citizen. The Literature concentration enables you to connect your passionate study of literature with a lively engagement of the world beyond the Bryant campus.

Future careers, post-grad opportunities

Through the Literature concentration courses, you will develop reading, writing, and critical thinking skills that will prepare you for a variety of graduate programs and law schools, as well as careers with nonprofit and government organizations, museums and art galleries, and in publishing, writing, marketing, and advertising.

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Requirements

For an 18-credit concentration: