English

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Charles A. Dana Professor F. Brett Cox; Professors Patricia Ferreira, Andrew Knauf, Daniel Lane, Lea Williams (Chair); Associate Professors Dalyn Luedtke, Carl Martin, Kathleen McDonald, Pyle Pivetti, Sean Prentiss, and Amy Woodbury Tease; Assistant Professor Jeff Casey; Lecturers Kate Donley, Jessica  Kuskey, Michan Myer.

Courses are offered in literature, theater, and film, which provide a broad humanistic background, and in writing and speech, which provide practical skills. The composition and literature sequence emphasizes writing, reading, and critical thinking skills; students also receive instruction in the forms of discourse and literary genres. World literature courses examine world texts in their historical and cultural contexts. A broad range of elective offerings, open to students of all academic disciplines, provides examination of traditional periods and authors as well as emerging literary forms.  Specialty courses also include literature of the developing world, of leadership, of American culture and ethnicity, and of the military. A variety of writing courses, both technical and creative, introduces and strengthens rhetorical skill.

Goals:

Through developing a critical understanding of English and American literature in relationship to aesthetic, cultural, and intellectual contexts, we are committed to fostering opportunities that cultivate freedom of expression, personal and professional fulfillment, intellectual development, collaboration, and social growth. 

Outcomes:

Graduates will:

  • have the ability to write critically with clarity and precision and to read with comprehension.
  • achieve basic levels of skill performing literary analysis, understanding theoretical approaches to the discipline, and applying these approaches to reading a text.
  • have the ability to demonstrate knowledge of major literary periods, movements, and genres in American and British literature.
  • demonstrate the ability to identify an advanced research question, know how to locate juried, peer-reviewed sources about the question, and craft a solid written response to the question, thus evidencing an ability to participate in critical thinking about the intellectual questions of the field.
     
Careers for this Major:
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  • Medicine
  • Teaching
  • Business
  • Government
  • Military Service
  • Law
  • Post-graduate study in a variety of fields