Division
of Languages and Literature
Website: http://writtenarts.bard.edu
Updated
December 4, 2020
Advising Faculty
1.
Dinaw
Mengestu (director)
2.
Susan Fox Rogers (assistant director)
3.
Mary Caponegro
4.
Benjamin Hale
5.
Michael Ives
6.
Masha Gessen
7.
Robert Kelly
8.
Ann Lauterbach
9.
Valeria Luiselli
10.
Wyatt Mason
11.
Daniel Mendelsohn
12.
Chiori
Miyagawa
13.
Bradford Morrow
14.
Jenny Offill
15.
Joseph O'Neill
16.
Philip Pardi
17.
Francine Prose
18.
Luc Sante
19.
Mona Simpson
20.
Jenny Xie
Non-advising
Faculty:
1.
Ian Buruma
2. Neil
Gaiman
Moderation
Requirements:
1.
Successful completion of one workshop
in the Written Arts Program
2.
LIT 201 Narrative / Poetics / Representation
3.
one LIT Sequence Course (U.S.
Literature I, II, or III; Comparative Literature A I, II, or III; or English
Literature I, II, or III)
4.
any additional course from the
Division of Languages and Literature
5.
any additional course from the
Division of Languages and Literature
Graduation
Requirements:
6.
Senior Project I
7.
Senior Project II
Students are
expected to develop a plan of study with their adviser and continue their study
of literature every semester. Emphasis
should be on courses in comparative literature, translation, literary history,
historical studies, philosophy and linguistics, as well as in the other arts.
Sample Program of Study
First
Year |
Sophomore
Year |
Junior
Year |
Senior
Year |
• LIT 201 • WRIT writing workshop • FYSEM I (fall) • FYSEM II (spring) |
• LIT 257 (US
Lit sequence) • L&L elective • L&L elective Moderation (spring) |
• WRIT writing workshop • L&L elective • L&L elective • L&L elective |
• Sr. Project I (fall) • Sr. Project II (spring) • WRIT Senior Colloquium • L&L elective |