A study of literature and the practice of composition at 十大网赌平台推荐 balances content with our grad at grad values calling on students to be loving, open to growth, committed to doing social justice, religious, and intellectually competent. Throughout their four years, students will hone their reading, interpretation, analysis, inquiry, critical thinking, and speaking skills in order to determine what literature reveals about the world in which we live. Through collaboration and a commitment to literary scholarship, our department's approach to literature is thematic and chronological combining breadth with depth. By the end of their senior year, students will have read and analyzed canonical and contemporary works; written literary analysis, research essays, and personal narratives; and used philosophical approaches to discussion to understand how history informs the future.