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Offering a broad range of courses across literature, creative writing, and literary theory/criticism, this minor gives you an opportunity to complement your major field of study with deeper knowledge and awareness.

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The Minor in Literature and Writing enables students of all majors to build a knowledge and skill base in both the study of literature and the practice of writing, choosing five courses (or a total of 15 credits) from a broad range that includes literature, writing, and theory/criticism courses. Writing majors who wish to enroll in the Literature and Writing Minor will simply substitute additional literature and/or criticism and theory courses for the writing component of the minor. The minor may be declared at any time; courses already taken can be counted.


Minor Coordinator
Suzanne Verderber
sverderb@pratt.edu
718.636.3431

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Mondays, 2:00 to 4:50pm.
  • Queer Archives. Prof. Dalia Davoudi.
Thursdays, 2:00 - 4:50pm.
  • Introduction to French I, Fall 2025, Prof. Katherine Billingsley, 2 sections: MW 9:30 to 10:50 am and MW  11:00 am to 12:20 pm.
  • On Tuesday, 3/25, Karin Shankar’s Introduction to Performance Studies class went to watch “Sumo” at The Public Theater, a play by Lisa Sanaye Dring, co-produced by Ma-Yi Theater Company and La Jolla Playhouse, directed by Ralph B. Peña. The play presented a range of themes and questions central to Prof. Shankar’s class this semester. These themes included: sport, ritual, Non-Western performance traditions, performance and nation, and performances of masculinity. The play was a visually stunning piece of theatre, including live demonstrations of Sumo, Taiko drumming, multimedia projections, and stage combat: https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2425/sumo/
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Women in International Cinema. Prof. Amy Guggenheim.
Mondays, 2:00 to 4:50pm.
Women in International Cinema. Prof. Amy Guggenheim. Mondays, 2:00 to 4:50pm.
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Queer Archives. Prof. Dalia Davoudi.
Thursdays, 2:00 - 4:50pm.
Queer Archives. Prof. Dalia Davoudi. Thursdays, 2:00 - 4:50pm.
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Introduction to French I, Fall 2025, Prof. Katherine Billingsley, 2 sections: MW 9:30 to 10:50 am and MW  11:00 am to 12:20 pm.
Introduction to French I, Fall 2025, Prof. Katherine Billingsley, 2 sections: MW 9:30 to 10:50 am and MW  11:00 am to 12:20 pm.
Introduction to French I, Fall 2025, Prof. Katherine Billingsley, 2 sections: MW 9:30 to 10:50 am and MW 11:00 am to 12:20 pm.
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On Tuesday, 3/25, Karin Shankar’s Introduction to Performance Studies class went to watch “Sumo” at The Public Theater, a play by Lisa Sanaye Dring, co-produced by Ma-Yi Theater Company and La Jolla Playhouse, directed by Ralph B. Peña. The play presented a range of themes and questions central to Prof. Shankar’s class this semester. These themes included: sport, ritual, Non-Western performance traditions, performance and nation, and performances of masculinity. The play was a visually stunning piece of theatre, including live demonstrations of Sumo, Taiko drumming, multimedia projections, and stage combat: https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2425/sumo/
On Tuesday, 3/25, Karin Shankar’s Introduction to Performance Studies class went to watch “Sumo” at The Public Theater, a play by Lisa Sanaye Dring, co-produced by Ma-Yi Theater Company and La Jolla Playhouse, directed by Ralph B. Peña. The play presented a range of themes and questions central to Prof. Shankar’s class this semester. These themes included: sport, ritual, Non-Western performance traditions, performance and nation, and performances of masculinity. The play was a visually stunning piece of theatre, including live demonstrations of Sumo, Taiko drumming, multimedia projections, and stage combat: https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2425/sumo/
On Tuesday, 3/25, Karin Shankar’s Introduction to Performance Studies class went to watch “Sumo” at The Public Theater, a play by Lisa Sanaye Dring, co-produced by Ma-Yi Theater Company and La Jolla Playhouse, directed by Ralph B. Peña. The play presented a range of themes and questions central to Prof. Shankar’s class this semester. These themes included: sport, ritual, Non-Western performance traditions, performance and nation, and performances of masculinity. The play was a visually stunning piece of theatre, including live demonstrations of Sumo, Taiko drumming, multimedia projections, and stage combat: https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2425/sumo/
On Tuesday, 3/25, Karin Shankar’s Introduction to Performance Studies class went to watch “Sumo” at The Public Theater, a play by Lisa Sanaye Dring, co-produced by Ma-Yi Theater Company and La Jolla Playhouse, directed by Ralph B. Peña. The play presented a range of themes and questions central to Prof. Shankar’s class this semester. These themes included: sport, ritual, Non-Western performance traditions, performance and nation, and performances of masculinity. The play was a visually stunning piece of theatre, including live demonstrations of Sumo, Taiko drumming, multimedia projections, and stage combat: https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2425/sumo/
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