Literature concentrators who declare Fall 2026 or later must take:

At least 1 course from pre-1800 list
At least 1 course from power, identity, & difference list
At least 1 course from translation and global list  

Pre-1800 List

ENL 314 Literature of Ancient Greece and Rome
ENL 316 Literature of Medieval Europe
ENL 319 European Literature of the Renaissance and 17th Century
ENL 338 Epic and Romance
ENL 357 World Drama to 1800
ENL 300 British and American Literary Traditions I
ENL 301 American and British Literary Traditions II
ENL 315 Early Celtic Literature
ENL 317 English Literature of Medieval England
ENL 318 16th-Century English Literature
ENL 320 17th-Century English Literature
ENL 322 18th-Century English Literature
ENL 341 Studies in 18th-Century Fiction
ENL 354 English Drama to 1800
ENL 360 Chaucer
ENL 361 The Early Shakespeare
ENL 362 The Later Shakespeare
ENL 363 John Milton
ENL 303 U.S. Fiction, Early National Period to Late Nineteenth Century.
ENL 304 U.S. Fiction, Early North American Literature

Power, Identity, & Difference List

ENL 280 Introduction to Women’s Written Expression
ENL 306 Disabilities in Literature and Culture
ENL 348 Women Novelists
ENL 368 Queer Studies
ENL 369 Gender and the Negotiation of Difference
ENL 384 Major Woman Author I
ENL 385 Major Woman Author II
ENL 386 Major Woman Author III
ENL 390 Studies in Women in Literature and the Arts
ENL 391 Woman as Hero
ENL 442 Women’s Written Expression
ENL 329 Migration and Diasporas in Literature and Culture
ENL 377 The African-American Literary Tradition
ENL 392 Literature of the African Diaspora
ENL 398 Cultural Variety in the Literature of the United States

Translation and Global List

ENL 307 African Literature
ENL 310 World Literature in Contexts
ENL 321 South Asian Literature
ENL 326 European Literature of the Romantic Period
ENL 334 Modern Russian Literature
ENL 335 Modern East Asian Literature
ENL 343 Studies in 19th-Century European Fiction
ENL 349 English and Commonwealth Fiction since World War II
ENL 355 Modern European Drama
ENL 358 World Drama since 1800
ENL 364 Anglophone Arab Literature
ENL 367 Arabic Literature in Translation
ENL 387 Major World Author I
ENL 388 Major World Author II
ENL 389 Major World Author III
ENL 396 Studies in Global Literature I
ENL 397 Studies in Global Literature II