文学艺术与研究专为希望通过文学和写作方面的更深入研究来补充自己的摄影专业的学生而设计。可以将其作为典型的4年或5年学位课程的一部分来完成，并且对所有RISD BFA候选人开放。学生可以选择侧重于文学史和传统，批判理论和创造性写作（包括诗歌和小说写作讲习班），后殖民文学和文化，环境人文，种族与性别，电影和表演等课程。LAS选修课的人员可以在本系覆盖的尽可能多的领域上选修课程，也可以制定个人学习课程，以便更深入地探索各种文学体裁，时期和理论方法。选民通常会选择研究特定文学传统的发展，研究其与其他传统的关系，关
The Literary Arts and Studies is designed for students who wish to complement their studio major with more in-depth studies in literature and writing. The concentration can be completed as part of a typical 4- or 5-year degree program and is open to all RISD BFA candidates. Students may opt to focus on courses in literary history and traditions, critical theory and creative writing (including workshops in poetry and fiction writing), postcolonial literatures and cultures, environmental humanities, race and gender, film and performance. LAS concentrators may take courses in as many of the areas covered by the department as possible or develop a personal course of study that allows for deeper exploration of a range of literary genres, periods and theoretical approaches. Concentrators often choose to study the development of a particular literary tradition and investigate its relation to other traditions, focus on an issue or genre and investigate its relationship to contemporary critical theories or focus on creative writing (poetry, fiction, new genres), among many other options. exhibit competence in close reading skills and other literary and cultural studies methodologies for engaging with texts and media, assess research sources for authority, accuracy and appropriateness, analyze, synthesize, employ and document multiple sources in their writing, analyze, situate and interpret texts in a variety of media and material practices with respect to relevant aesthetic, cultural, critical, ethical, historical, material and/or political contexts.