Jan 23, 2026  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

LITR 500 Narrative in Literature and Film


A study of the aesthetic parallels in narrative technique between certain prose forms (novel, novella, romance, satire) and film as a means of enhancing verbal, visual and cultural literacy. This course will comprehend films from the origin of cinema to the present, as well as a variety of literary works from multiple periods, showing how they have worked in tandem to engender social constructs and the cultural heritage.

Credit 3 hrs
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Once per year (in-person, occasionally hybrid, or online)

Prerequisites -
Restriction by Major - Children’s Literature [M.A.] Creative Writing [M.A.] English Linguistics [M.A.] Literature [M.A.] Writing Studies [M.A.]  
Restriction by Degree Type - Graduate standing

Equivalent Course(s) - LITR 400 
Course History -
Change to major restrictions and prereq 10/2014, effective Fall 2015; New Course 7/2014, effective Winter 2015


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