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We in the English Department are scholars and writers brought together by a shared love of literature, and a belief in text as an illuminating, transformative manifestation of the world. We believe that honing our creative and critical engagement with language and storytelling, on and beyond the page, deepens our connection to that world, each other, and ourselves. And we believe that everyone is a reader and a writer, capable of making an indelible, inspired mark on the collective imagination. We work to foster and support students–English majors and minors, and students from all departments and disciplines–on their path towards these life-affirming realizations.
Our faculty embodies a variety of specialties and offers a variety of approaches into the meaning and significance of literary studies. In our courses, we practice close and analytical reading, and reading through theoretical and informed lenses. In our literature courses, students engage in nuanced and vibrant conversations with literary works across time periods, cultures, and traditions, and develop the tools to articulate and address complex issues. In our creative writing courses, students read and write across the genres, learning the intentions and specificities of each, including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and where they overlap and spark new possibilities. English majors graduate with a body of work, whether a critical thesis; collection of poetry, essays, and/or stories; a long-form work of creative nonfiction; a novel; or a hybrid/mixed-genre work.
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