A program committed to imaginative, interdisciplinary and theoretical engagement with Anglophone literature in all their historical, formal, generic and global diversity. The literature faculty strives to produce rigorous, innovative, interdisciplinary scholarship. Our undergraduate degree program offers students advanced education in the appreciation, interpretation, and criticism of texts and emphasizes critical thinking and writing. Our graduate program places equal emphasis on innovative scholarship, pedagogical practice and professional involvement. We encourage our graduate students to gains expertise in establishd fields and to pursue new lines of inquiry. We train them to become knowledgeable citizens, to lead in their professional communities and to communicate their knowledge to diverse audiences.
