English B.A., Literature Concentration

Georgia College & State University

Bachelor's degree

In Gurjaani (Georgia)

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  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Gurjaani (Georgia)

  • Duration

    Flexible

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The Undergraduate Literature Program offers a B.A. in English, Literature concentration.

Literature students take an array of survey courses covering American, British, and international literatures as well as historical period courses focusing on particular movements and centuries within the Anglo-American literary tradition. With the opportunity to delve into single author courses on authors such as Chaucer, Milton, Shakespeare, and Georgia College alumna Flannery O’Connor, students also focus on thematic courses such as Studies in Folklore and Literary Women as well as international courses such as African Literature and African Women Writers. Students are introduced to theoretical approaches to the study of literature and can also take courses in the English linguistic tradition. This introduction to a wide-range of Anglo-American surveys and periods, genres, thematic courses, and international literatures allows students to develop as critical thinkers and effective communicators.

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About this course

The primary purpose of the major in English with a concentration in Literature is to introduce students to their own literary and linguistic heritage and to acquaint them with representative works of major world writers. We offer a wide range of courses in English, American, multicultural, and international literature. Courses in critical theory and the history and structure of the language help students sharpen their analytical faculties, encourage clarity of thought and expression, and stimulate and develop the critical and creative imagination. The degree in literature develops critical thinkers and effective communicators, people whose skills are applicable in a wide range of careers including education, publishing, writing, information and research, media, politics and public service. Our recent graduates have gone on to study literature in graduate school, both at Georgia College and around the country, and to study law.

As a literature student, your time in the program will be dedicated to the cultivation of literary appreciation and critical inquiry. English majors in the Literature concentration develop a sense of literary tradition and cultural history while refining their analytical skills reading and writing about both classical and canonical as well as contemporary and cutting edge literature.

The degree in literature develops critical thinkers and effective communicators, people whose skills are applicable in a wide range of careers including education, publishing, writing, information and research, media, politics and public service. According to the 2012 census, 23% of English majors have careers in education, training, and library while 17% go into management, business, sciences, and the arts (Source: ADE&ADFL). The skills you master as an English major could prepare you for a job as a staff culture writer, a professor, a research associate, a nonprofit grant writer, a program officer at a think tank or foundation, or a curriculum designer at an education technology company (Source: MLA Profession) Employers want and need graduates who can write and communicate well, who can analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information, who have organizational, time management, and teamwork skills, and who appreciate diverse viewpoints. The courses and programs in the Department of English, which is the cornerstone of a liberal arts education, will help you to master these skills and become a lifelong learner.

You have to complete your degree under the requirements of the catalog year you first enrolled at the university. Because the degree requirements changed in the 2018-2019 catalog, you should choose the right catalog to map your degree progress

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Subjects

  • Teaching
  • Shakespeare
  • English
  • International
  • American Literature
  • Literature
  • Black Women Artists
  • Global Horror Films
  • Monsters and Machines
  • Monsters
  • Magic

Course programme

Courses and Capstones

Catalog course descriptions, which provide a general overview of our regularly offered courses, are here.

Fall 2018 class section descriptions, which provide more details of how upcoming scheduled class sections will be taught, are here. Previous semesters include Spring 2017, Fall 2017, and Spring 2018.

Students must take special topics courses in the core. Recent GC1Y 1000 Critical Thinking and GC2Y 2000 Global Perspectives courses with class sections taught by literature faculty include:

  • Black Women Artists
  • Global Horror Films
  • Immigrants in Literature
  • Interacting with the Past through Literature (The Salem Witch Trials of 1682)
  • Monsters and Machines
  • Myth, Magic, and the Modern World
  • Public and Collective Memory
  • SciFi and Philosophy
  • Underworlds and Afterlives
  • Utopia/Dystopia
  • War Literature

We also offer upper-division special topics courses and single author special topics courses in the major. Recent special topics classes include:

  • 21st Century American Fiction
  • Asian American Literature
  • Captivity and Freedom
  • Film
  • Haunting and the Literary Imagination
  • Race & Gender in Latin American Literature
  • From the Roaring Twenties to Reunification: Berlin through the Ages

Recent single author special topics classes include:

  • Jane Austen on Film
  • Don DeLillo
  • E. L. Doctorow
  • Louise Erdrich
  • Herman Melville
  • Shakespeare on Film
  • Henry David Thoreau

Students will complete their program in the Literature Concentration by choosing a Senior Capstone project. Options include an undergraduate thesis, an internship, and study abroad.

Recent undergraduate theses include:

  • Jack Zerkel, "Laughing to Hide the Pain: Using Comedy as a Coping Mechanism for Existential Despair in Bojack Horseman," Fall 2017
  • Nicholas Cowles, "Antiheroism and Villainy in Shakespearean Villains and Breaking Bad's Walter White," Spring 2017
  • Matt Dombrowski, "Female Representation, Journey, and Empowerment in Game of Thrones," Spring 2017
  • Michael Faulknor, "The Use of Satire in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and Swift's 'A Modest Proposal,'" Spring 2017
  • Rachel Frantz, "The Trouble with Girls: Delving into the Minds of Pop Culture’s Favorite Female Psychos," Spring 2017
  • Marykate Malena, "Imagining Nightmare: The Progression Towards a Dystopian Blueprint on Film," Spring 2017
  • Lindsey Poe, "Who’s Going to Save Us Now?: A Critical Look at the Rise of the Superhero Genre in Film following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks," Spring 2017
  • Phyllis Reeves, "Hierarchy in The Tempest, Paradise Lost, and Frankenstein," Spring 2017
  • Leah Benton, "Strange Attractions: An Analysis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Performance in Filmic Adaptations of Beauty and the Beast," Spring 2016
  • Sarah Beth Gilbert, "Blurring Time Lines and Gender Lines: Gender and Sexuality in the New Doctor Who," Spring 2016
  • Saul Hernandez, "Where’d You Get Those Peepers?: Critical Reflections on Michel Foucault’s Conceptions of Panopticism in Post-9/11 American Literature," Spring 2016
  • Mikaela LaFave, "Mother Knows Best: A Psychoanalytical Approach to Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Hitchcock's Psycho," Spring 2016
  • Sarah Rogers, "Gendered Discourse in Harry Potter and Troilus and Cressida," Spring 2016
  • Hannah Miller, "Double-Consciousness in Harriet Wilson's Our Nig," Spring 2015
  • Casey Puett, "Bad Religion: An Analysis of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," Spring 2015
  • Caroline Quick, "Iconoclastic Quirk and Misogynistic Fantasy Conflated into Being: The Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope and Why She Must Die," Spring 2015David Darnell, "Negative Evolution: A Study of Yukio
  • Mishima’s and Flannery O’Connor’s Concern for a Changing Culture through Allegorical and Violent Children," Fall 2014
  • Coye Bishop, "A Voice for the Voiceless: Life of Black Hawk as a Contact Zone," Spring 2014
  • Catherine Bowlin, "The Weight of Centuries Lies on Children: A Study of Children in Flannery O’Connor’s Stories," Spring 2014
  • Tess Lyle, "Consumer Relations in Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom," Spring 2014
  • Mary Robbin Pittard, "Othering into Submission: Omission, Manipulation, and Transformation of the Native Identity in Toni Morrison and Black Hawk," Spring 2014
  • Alison Smith, "Literary Intervention and Autism," Spring 2014
  • Catherine Ziemann, "Critical Theory and Couples Therapy: Relational Dialectics in Friends and Rebecca," Spring 2014

Recent internships include:

  • Gloria Briscoe, Baldwin County High School, Spring 2017
  • Erin King, Mentoring and Media Internship, Spring 2017
  • Emmie Meadows, Teaching Internship with Bleckley County High School School in Cochran, Georgia, Spring 2017
  • Maggie Wills, International Justice Mission in Washington, D.C., Spring 2017
  • Kate McMillan, Elevate Live Events, production company in Norcross, Georgia, Fall 2016
  • Paige Smith, VSolvit, a technology services company in Ventura, California, Fall 2016
  • Beverly Tessmer, Teaching Internship, Fall 2016
  • Thomas Davis, Law Office Internship, Spring 2016
  • Savannah Lackey, Baldwin County High School, Spring 2015
  • Rebekah Autry, GCSU Sports Information, Fall 2014
  • Jodee Westbrooks, Babe and Sage Farms (Creation of Middle Roots, a publication about organic farming in Middle Georgia), Fall 2014
  • Brittany Rampy, John Milledge Academy, Spring 2014
  • Megan Dent, teaching internship, Fall 2013
  • Jennifer Manzella, Georgia Literary Festival, Fall 2013
  • Darby Witek, teaching homeless children in Peru, Fall 2013
  • Natalie Sharp, The Corinthian, Spring 2013
  • Susan Wills, John Milledge Academy, Spring 2013

Students can study abroad for their capstone experience. They study with faculty from schools in Georgia, and potentially with a literature faculty member from Georgia College. Recent study abroad coursesoffered by literature faculty include:

  • From the Roaring Twenties to Reunification: Berlin through the Ages in Berlin, Germany
  • Imagining Italy in Rome, Italy
  • Irish Folklore in Waterford, Ireland
  • Picturing Paris in Paris, France
  • Shakespeare and Cervantes in Madrid, Spain
  • Underworlds and Afterlives in Rome, Italy; Paris, France; Madrid, Spain
  • World Literature in Berlin, Germany; Waterford, Ireland

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