American University in Bulgaria

Literature (Minor)*

The purpose of the Literature Minor is to offer students interested in literature the opportunity to study in-depth canonical texts and contemporary works or even delve into producing their own literary texts. This minor is designed to initiate students into the diverse literatures of the world in order to sharpen their awareness of the imagination’s power to represent and shape human life and thought within and across cultural boundaries.

The objectives of the Literature Minor are: 

• to help students develop their ability to read closely and analyze literary texts;
• to help students understand the place of literature in the larger cultural context of representative texts; 
• to help students hone their skills in researching and writing about literature;
• to help students produce pieces of poetry or prose of their own and offer critiques of their peers’ writing in a real context.

*Being enrolled in at least one undergraduate major program is obligatory. Up to 2 minors could be added to a major, at no extra cost.