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Write a brief proposal for your concentration in which you identify and define the area in which you plan to focus.  Explain, even for genres and periods, what you understand as the limits of the field you’ve chosen and then explain how each course fits in the concentration. (see concentration examples below)

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Courses that will make up your concentration (one may be from outside the English Department):

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.What do you hope to learn by doing this concentration? What interests you about this concentration? Why did you choose it? 

Concentration examples:

1. A genre (three courses focusing on a specific literary genre such as narrative, poetry or drama)
2. A period (three courses focusing on a particular period, such as Medieval, Renaissance, the Long 18th century, 19th century, Modernism or Contemporary)
3. Literary theory (three courses focusing on in-depth reading in theory or application of theory)
4. Postcolonial and Anglophone literature (three courses focusing on literatures in relation to competing notions of colonialism, nationalism, and postcolonial cultures)
5. Race and ethnicity (three courses focusing on literatures that interrogate and/or reinforce notions of race and ethnicity. Students may choose to emphasize a particular tradition (African American, Asian American, or Latino/a) or aspect (such as immigration))
6. Women's Studies, Gender, and sexuality (three courses focusing on the study of literatures that articulate and contest notions of gender and sexuality. Students may develop an historical focus)
7. Language and rhetoric (Focus on the history of the language, linguistics, persuasion, or philosophy of language)
8. Interdisciplinary (Possible topics include Interart, Religion and Literature, Philosophy and Literature, History and Literature, and Comparative Literature)