ENG 398 Topics in Literary Theory and Research

Gateway undergraduate course, prerequisite for 400 level ENG courses, that prepares students for upper-level study in the English major. Through the study of American, British, or World literature of a specified period, genre, or authorship, course provides introduction to literary theory and various literary critical approaches and practice in fundamentals of literary research while continuing instruction in literary analysis, close reading, and argumentation. Requirements will include a long research-based critical essay.