The Department of English Language and Literature aims to teach all students to write and speak well and to read skillfully, thoughtfully and with pleasure. We offer many courses that stress literary ...

Poetry by contemporary Southern writers was the topic of USC Aiken’s latest “Aiken in the Alley” lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 6. Dr. Tom Mack, distinguished professor emeritus, and Andrew Geyer, ...

The PhD program is a five-year curriculum that comprises a language requirement and three basic components: coursework, a Comprehensive Examination, and a dissertation. Starting with the fall 2026 ...

Want to hear a surefire way to get 95 percent of readers to stop paying attention to your article? Just write the following: This is an article about poetry lectures. Yes, not just (shudder) poetry, ...

The tall and stately Rupin Walter Desai commands awe, esteem, and gratitude among scores of Delhiwale, who had the privilege of attending his English Literature lectures in Delhi University. That said ...

Research in the Department of English brings the core values of our discipline-textual scholarship, critical and theoretical analysis, and contextual knowledge, to the dynamic and changing field of ...

Students develop skills in critical thinking, rhetorical analysis, writing, literary theory, and models of literary interpretation relevant to fields such as philosophy, history, and anthropology.