# Literary Arts

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Brown's Program in Literary Arts provides a home for innovative writers of fiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, literary translation, electronic writing and mixed media.

Degree Type

A.B.

department

[Program in Literary Arts](https://www.brown.edu/academics/literary-arts/)

[More Information](https://www.brown.edu/academics/literary-arts/undergraduate-program/undergraduate-program)

[All Programs](https://www.brown.edu/undergraduate-programs)

CIP Code

23.1302ℹ

The Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) was developed by the U.S. Department of Education to categorize educational programs in the U.S. for a variety of reporting purposes. Each program at Brown is assigned a CIP code that best matches its academic curriculum.

[Current STEM Eligible CIP Codes](https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/stem-opt-hub/additional-resources/eligible-cip-codes-for-the-stem-opt-extension)

- [Comparative Literature](https://complit.brown.edu/)
- [English](https://english.brown.edu/)
- [Modern Culture and Media](http://mcm.brown.edu/)
- [Theatre Arts and Performance Studies](https://www.brown.edu/academics/theatre-arts-performance-studies/)
- [Visual Art](https://visualart.brown.edu/)

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# Literary Arts

Brown's Program in Literary Arts provides a home for innovative writers of fiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, literary translation, electronic writing and mixed media.

The concentration allows student writers to develop their skills in one or more genres while deepening their understanding of the craft of writing. Many courses in this concentration require a writing sample; students should consult a concentration advisor or the concentration website for strategies on getting into the appropriate course(s).

- [List of requirements](https://bulletin.brown.edu/the-college/concentrations/lita)
- [Honors website](http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Literary_Arts/index.html)

## Student Goals

Students in this concentration will:

- Develop an understanding of literary theory and literary genres
- Learn to critique their own and others
- Expand their aesthetic sensibility by working in more than one medium
- Cultivate critical acumen and fluency
- Produce a substantial body of creative work

## Department Undergraduate Group (DUG)

Student Leaders: Julia Marrinan, Cat Gao, Hana Saadi-Klein

## Graduating Class

| Class Year | Total Students | Honors Graduates |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2021 | 34 | 26 |
| 2022 | 38 | 20 |
| 2023 | 39 | 24 |
| 2024 | 41 | 20 |
| 2025 | 43 | 26 |

Alumni of Brown's program in Literary Arts are now fiction writers, poets, playwrights, artists of literary hypermedia, and university teachers of creative writing and literature. Alumni have won the MacArthur Fellowship, a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony Award, an Obie, O. Henry Awards, a National Book Award, and many others. Books by Literary Arts alumni have been published by dozens of publishers, such as Routledge, Doubleday, Penguin, Random House, McMillan, Knopf, New York University Press, and Oxford University Press. Plays and musicals by alumni have been produced at the Trinity Repertory Company, the Kennedy Center, on National Public Radio, in the New York Shakespeare Festival and by the Los Angeles Modern Dance and Ballet.

What are Literary Arts concentrators doing…

The Director of Undergraduate Studies is typically the first point of contact for prospective concentrators. Once students have declared, they may be assigned a specific concentration advisor from within the department or program.

- [Peter Nelson](mailto:Peter_Nelson@brown.edu)

- [Peter Nelson](mailto:Peter_Nelson@brown.edu)