EN 500. Special Topics in Literature.4 Credits.
Extensive reading and intensive analysis of literature dealing with a single theme or specific problem.
Prerequisites: None
Offered: As needed
EN 554. Young Adult Literature.4 Credits.
This is a multi-genre course that asks students to consider the evolving category of young adult literature with an emphasis on literary and cultural analysis. By pairing primary texts with both seminal and recent criticism, students consider historical and contemporary examples of young adult literature, focusing on questions of coming-of-age, ethnicity, sexuality, canonicity, trauma and identity.
Prerequisites: Take EN 460.
Offered: Every year, Spring