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Literature and Film (LIT)

Concentration Requirements:

For students concentrating in Literature, 36 credits are required including:

1. HUM 486 Senior Project or HUM 490 Humanities Practicum
2. Six credits chosen from the Humanities Basic Courses:
HUM 301 Studies in the Western Tradition
HUM 302 Studies in the Eastern Tradition
HUM 303 Comparative Traditions: Eastern and Western
HUM 304 Hawaiian-Pacific Traditions
3. LIT 300 Methods of Literary Interpretation
4. Six Credits from the Survey Cluster
LIT 320 World Literature (topics will vary)
LIT 330 Early British Literature
LIT 331 17th & 18th Century British Literature
LIT 332 19th Century British Literature
LIT 333 20th Century British Literature
LIT 340 Early American Literature
LIT 341 19th Century American Literature
LIT 342 20th Century American Literature
5. Six credits from Theme Cluster:
LIT 380 Multicultural & Postcolonial Literatures
LIT 401 Existentialism & the Human Condition
LIT 410 The Bible as Literature
LIT 441 Gender & Sexuality in Literature & Film
LIT 470 Literature as History
LIT 479 Hawaiian Mythology I
LIT 480 Contemporary Literature of the Pacific
LIT 481 Plantation Fictions
LIT 484 Literature of Hawai‘i
LIT 485 Hawaiian Mythology II
6. Six credits from Film Cluster:
LIT 360 Literature and Film
LIT 361 History of Film
LIT 362 Genres and Directors
LIT 439 The Art of Film
7. Six credits from one additional area of Humanities (Complementary Area).
8. Additional courses in the concentration as recommended for inclusion in the student’s educational plan based on specific competency goals established by the student. Courses may be used only once to fulfill cluster, concentration, or elective requirements towards graduation.
LIT 320 World Literature (topics will vary)
LIT 330 Early British Literature
LIT 331 17th & 18th Century British Literature
LIT 332 19th Century British Literature
LIT 333 20th Century British Literature
LIT 340 Early American Literature
LIT 341 19th Century American Literature
LIT 342 20th Century American Literature
LIT 360 Literature and Film
LIT 361 History of Film
LIT 362 Genres and Directors
LIT 380 Multicultural & Postcolonial Literatures
LIT 401 Existentialism and the Human Condition
LIT 410 The Bible as Literature
LIT 439 The Art of Film
LIT 441 Gender & Sexuality in Literature & Film
LIT 470 Literature as History
LIT 479 Hawaiian Mythology I
LIT 480 Contemporary Literature of the Pacific
LIT 481 Plantation Fictions
LIT 484 Literature of Hawai‘i
LIT 496 Selected Topics in Literature and Film (v)
LIT 499 Directed Reading and Research (v)

Graduates with a Concetration in Literature from UH West O‘ahu should be able to:

· Identify and distinguish the genres in literature.
· Analyze literature using the vocabulary, theories, and techniques of the field.
· Demonstrate how literature helps them to develop insight into human character, including their own.