Literature

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LITERATURE MAJOR AND MINOR

Journey the world through your favorite stories

Get ready to travel the world without even leaving the library. As a Huntington University literature student, you will study biographies, novels, short stories, and more from around the world taking a closer look at history’s riffraff, elite, and forgotten. It won’t just be the stories of other people you dive into—professors will encourage you to strengthen your own beliefs so you can confidently and thoughtfully share your own redemptive story with others. You’ll also have opportunities to take a physical journey around the world, seeing some of the places you read about in your literature classes.

A PEEK INSIDE THE REQUIREMENTS

Literature Curriculum

Studying literature at HU exposes you to a world of opportunities. You’ll read and discuss ancient civilizations from translations of fragmented tablets like The Epic of Gilgamesh, unveil the tragic flaws of Greek playwrights and their heroes such as Euripides and Medea, decipher Middle English in The Canterbury Tales, and follow the epic journey of Sir Gawain or Huckleberry Finn. Each story will help you analyze and engage with text until you understand why a writer or character makes the choices he or she makes, while taking a closer look at the redemptive Gospel story we all live in.

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