The undergraduate literature program at The New School resides within the Literary Studies Department of Eugene Lang College. The Literature Track, as is it commonly called, offers a major and a minor in the study of literature. As this program is also housed within the Literary Studies department, students are encouraged to study the literary traditions of their chosen genres to enhance their understanding of the place of literature in contemporary society.
Some of the distinguishing features of Lang’s program are seminar classes; opportunities for peer mentoring and teaching; and close student faculty relationships. By attending local literary events, private libraries and archives, and meeting top scholars in the field, students are introduced to the literary culture of New York City and the profession. Students receive significant individual attention as they progress towards the senior capstone: the researched thesis. Our literature faculty’s instruction emphasizes the study of history and innovation, with special emphasis on the social and cultural factors affecting the development and reception of new work.
Other sub-fields of study within this major include Russian Literature, Jewish Literature, Latin American Literature, Modernism, as well as student designed concentrations. Students who major in The Literature Track may choose to double major in Writing or another subject within the college. BAFA (Lang/Parsons) students are also well supported in this major. For more information on our faculty, visit here.:
For more information about the course offerings, the curriculum and college, please visit TNS Eugene Lang College’s Literary Studies.
Associate Professor Carolyn Berman is the current chair of the Literature Program and Co-chair of Literary Studies.
Ann Snitow May 9, 1943-August 10, 2019 Ann Snitow, a founding faculty member of Lang College and the creator of the Gender Studies Program at the New School, passed away on August 10, 2019. She was a beloved member of the Literary Studies faculty. While indeed her books and essays are crucial texts in feminist studies and in the life of the mind, as Literary Studies colleagues our remembrances here are more personal, testaments not just to her work but to the power of her being.
February 24, 2021
Marie-Helen Bertino – Parakeet (June 2020) – Fiction Rich Blint – “For all the tea in China, all the oil in Texas” (July 2021) – Non-fiction Angela Carr – Without Ceremony (October 2020) – Poetry Juan De Castro – Bread and Beauty: The Cultural Politics of José Carlos Mariátegui (October 2020) -Non-fiction Anne Margaret Daniel – “The Verdict on Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan: A Record We Need Right Now” (June 2020) – Non-fiction Jessica Gross – Hysteria (August 2020) – FictionSee a featured interview on Hysteria with our Part-time Faculty Member, David Gerrard Emma Lieber – The Writing Cure (May 2020) – Non-fiction Albert Mobilio – Same Faces (September 2020) – Poetry Julie Beth Napolin – “Outside In:
October 10, 2019
Ann Snitow May 9, 1943-August 10, 2019 Ann Snitow, a founding faculty member of Lang College and the creator of the Gender Studies Program at the New School, passed away on August 10, 2019. She was a beloved member of the Literary Studies faculty. While indeed her books and essays are crucial texts in feminist studies and in the life of the mind, as Literary Studies colleagues our remembrances here are more personal, testaments not just to her work but to the power of her being.
October 5, 2016
Literary Studies’s very own Mark Greif has received a lot of attention for his new book Against Everything. Read the New York Times book review here, the higher education supplement here and the Literary Hub interview here. […]
The undergraduate literature program at The New School resides within the Literary Studies Department of Eugene Lang College. The Literature Track, as is it commonly called, offers a major and a minor in the study of literature. As this program is also housed within the Literary Studies department, students are encouraged to study the literary traditions of their chosen genres to enhance their understanding of the place of literature in contemporary society.
Some of the distinguishing features of Lang’s program are seminar classes; opportunities for peer mentoring and teaching; and close student faculty relationships. By attending local literary events, private libraries and archives, and meeting top scholars in the field, students are introduced to the literary culture of New York City and the profession. Students receive significant individual attention as they progress towards the senior capstone: the researched thesis. Our literature faculty’s instruction emphasizes the study of history and innovation, with special emphasis on the social and cultural factors affecting the development and reception of new work.
Other sub-fields of study within this major include Russian Literature, Jewish Literature, Latin American Literature, Modernism, as well as student designed concentrations. Students who major in The Literature Track may choose to double major in Writing or another subject within the college. BAFA (Lang/Parsons) students are also well supported in this major. For more information on our faculty, visit here.:
For more information about the course offerings, the curriculum and college, please visit TNS Eugene Lang College’s Literary Studies.
Associate Professor Carolyn Berman is the current chair of the Literature Program and Co-chair of Literary Studies.
