Bachelor of Arts - English - Literature

Program Description 

Ohio Wesleyan offers three different concentrations in English to meet students’ individual interests and goals. In all of these concentrations, they will develop valuable skills in writing and oral expression, critical thinking, research, and analysis.

Literature: In this concentration students read and analyze a variety of English-language literatures from around the world, both historic and contemporary. They read deeply, developing critical skills to enrich their emotional and intellectual experience of literary texts. They explore the conventions of fiction, poetry, drama, and the essay, and they examine fundamental questions about the nature of literature: What is it? Why read it? How is life transformed into imaginative works and how do they transform our lives? Through spirited discussion and debate of complex issues such as race, power, and identity, students study the ways in which historical and cultural contexts impact literary traditions, genres, and modes of expression.