INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDY

Major
Writing & Literature
Quarter
Winter
Year
2026
Course Number
W&L CS 30, Section 1
Enrollment Code
48512
Instructor(s)
Date & Time
MW 9:30 - 10:45 AM
Location
Bldg 494, Room 143

Course Description

Students will learn the fundamental principles of literary criticism, history, theory, and biography, addressing questions of what can be known and proven about literature. Students will have multiple options for developing projects in research, analysis, and criticism in literature.

Required Text

Hayes, Terrance, Watch Your Language: Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry Penguin
Helle, Sophus, Enheduanna: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author Yale University Press.