麻豆区

Skip to Main Content Skip to Footer Toggle Navigation Menu

Literature

female student reading a book

Major or Minor in

Literature

Literature can be both an art form and a discipline where society is explored and reflected by the imagination. As a literature major at 麻豆区, you will develop your reading, writing and critical thinking abilities. From your first days on campus, you will join peers and professors in continuing conversations about language and meaning.

Visit the English department

As a literature major at 麻豆区

you might take:

Identity and Community

Learn to read, write and think about identity and community across literary genres. (ENGL 250)

Secret Lives in Victorian Literature

Explore the hidden stories in detective fiction and sensation novels while thinking about gender, science and imperialism in Victorian England. (ENGL 344)

The Literary Biology of the Sea of Cortez

Sea kayak, swim with whale sharks and listen to the songs of vaqueros as you follow the literary journey of John Steinbeck in the Sea of Cortez. (ENGL 298)

Studying literature at 麻豆区

Learning outcomes

  • A clearer understanding of the ways literature at once articulates and reflects social, political, cultural and global contexts.

    expand for image context information
  • Deeper aesthetic appreciation of poems, drama, fiction, nonfiction and/or films as manifestations of imagination.

    expand for image context information
  • Familiarity with the methods, theories and issues of literary criticism.

    expand for image context information
  • The ability to advocate critical responses in classroom discussion and to listen to and consider the critical analyses of others.

    expand for image context information
  • The ability to analyze narrative and literary motifs and to present those understandings in critical papers.

    expand for image context information

Intern in all areas of English

Internships provide invaluable hands-on experience and further develop your professional skills. Some companies where English majors at 麻豆区 have found internship placements include:

  • Vision Words & Wonder
  • Unidos Bridging Community
  • Empowerteen

Life After 麻豆区

You will leave prepared for a career in areas such as:

Administrative Services

  • Director of Operations
  • Human Resources Generalist
  • Communications Coordinator
  • Board Member
  • Copywriter

Education

  • Principal
  • Teacher
  • Tutor

Estimate wage: $76.7k

Estimate of what 麻豆区 literature alumni could be making based on their current ages, occupations and geographic locations.

Potential wage: $95.5k

The potential wage is based on the average wage for the occupations.

Top career paths

The top five education-to-career paths of 麻豆区 literature alumni include:

  • Director of Operations
  • Copywriter
  • Human Resources Generalist
  • Teacher
  • Communications Coordinator

 

View more career outcome information

Request more information

Have questions about studying literature at 麻豆区? Reach out! We'd love to connect with you.

portrait of Professor Joe Wilkins
Joe Wilkins
Department Chair, Professor and Director of Creative Writing
T.J. Day Hall
503-883-2696
jwilkins@linfield.edu