English
Chair: Dr. Evan Radcliffe
Office: 402 St. Augustine Center for the Liberal Arts
Tel. (610) 519-4630
Website:
http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/english/
MISSION: The English Department’s mission is based on the belief that
skillful, self-conscious reading, writing, and thinking form the foundation for
a well-examined life well-lived. We seek to develop rigorous yet creative forms
of analysis and expression that help us comprehend our own and others’ cultures
and values. As teachers, students, and scholars, we aspire to create a community
that celebrates imaginative approaches to living and explores language’s and
literature’s potential to order and transform the world.
MAJOR: Thirty-three hours in advanced English courses (numbered 2000 or
above) including:
- Junior Research Seminar (English 2250)
- Two courses in British/Irish literature pre-1800 from two of three
areas:
(1) Medieval; (2) Renaissance (to 1649); (3) Restoration and Eighteenth
Century.
- Two courses in literature after 1800: one in British/Irish literature
and one in American literature. One of these courses must be in 19th century
literature and one must be in literature after 1900.
- Senior Seminar (English 5000)
- Five electives
English majors must take the Junior Research Seminar before they complete their
junior years. The English Department recommends that they consider taking it as
sophomores.
British Literary Tradition I (English 2101) is not required, but the English
Department recommends that English majors take it early, since it introduces
writers, texts, and issues that are crucial to most subsequent courses.
British Literary Tradition 1 and 2 (2101, 2102) and American Literary Tradition
1 and 2 (2103, 2104) can operate as free electives with a maximum of two
permitted toward the major and the college Advanced Literature requirement.
MINOR: Fifteen hours including:
- At least one course from the British/Irish literature offerings (mostly
3000-level courses).
- At least one course from the American literature offerings (mostly
4000-level courses).
- At least three electives from the English departmental offerings
(numbered 2000 or above).
See the website address above for more information.
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