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B.A. in English – Literature

The English – Literature Concentration from Marist College provides students with a sense of the historical development of the Western literary tradition, especially that of English and American literature.

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Duration

4 years

Starting Date

August

Tuition Fee

$43,900 per year
Health Insurance: $ 3,275

Location

Poughkeepsie, United States

About the program

During the English – Literature Concentration from Marist College students also examine how that tradition is continually re-formed and reshaped as writers from previously excluded cultural traditions and once-marginalized groups are added to the canon. Students in the concentration develop the analytical skills and critical language to describe, analyze, and evaluate literary texts.

Internships within the English Department offer students the opportunity to gain experience in research and teaching, while internships in the private and public sectors present students with the opportunity to gain work experience that utilizes the analytical, interpretive, and writing skills that the concentration fosters.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will become conversant with traditional critical terms, forms, and genres, and will apply these concepts to their own writing and to their scholarly analyses of literary texts.
Students will learn how to manipulate the structural units of written language, and will gain a sense of editing and revision as central to the craft of writing. They will regularly practice these techniques individually and in group contexts.
Students will experience literature as an aural and performative art form as well as a textual one; in turn, they will develop the ability to communicate complex ideas through speech and performance.
Students will develop persuasive interpretations of written and oral discourse by using close textual analysis and engaging in scholarly research.
Students will analyze how texts contribute/ respond to the literary canon, to the historical position of the English language, and to changing conceptualizations of literary authority.