English at the University of Montevallo
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The English Major/Minor English majors and minors at the University of Montevallo develop literary sensibilities and writing expertise in a curriculum that emphasizes close reading, theoretical finesse, and meaningful engagement with diverse literary and cultural forms of expression. Our faculty members prepare students for graduate studies and a host of careers while promoting social awareness and expanding intellectual horizons. We offer an eclectic curriculum, opportunities to research, innovative courses, small class sizes, and a dedicated faculty.
Recent Courses
Literature of Plural America: Crescent City Sketches Creative Writing Romantic
Poetry and Philosophy Critical
Theory Hawthorne
and Melville Literature
for Children Feasts and
Famines in Victorian Literature
Shakespeare and the Question of Literary Value |
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Montevallo Literary Festival: April 23, 2010
MLF 2009 included keynote readings by Janisse Ray, Maurice Manning, Tony Grooms, and Rebecca Gilman. We were delighted to host readings and talks by Andrew Grace and the "Eating Alabama" bloggers, Michael Morris, Daniel Anderson, Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis, Hartford Gongaware, Chris Chambers, Emma Bolden, and Montevallo Arts Council distinguished author Mary Ward Brown. We collaborated with the Montevallo Arts Council, the Main Street Players, and the University of Montevallo Sustainability Banquet. As we enter our eighth year, our festival deserves its reputation as a rare, intimate event that focuses on the craft and production of great writing. A $45 registration fee ($10 for UM students) covers all events, parties, and three meals at the Festival. A $95 registration fee ($60 for UM students) covers the entire conference plus personalized workshop critiques.
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Faculty News
Murphy Publishes Book Jim Murphy published his first full-length book of poems, Heaven
Overland (Kennesaw State UP, 2009). His poems recently
accepted for publication include "Country of Stopped Clocks,"
Southern Humanities Review; "Calamity's Blacktops," Georgetown
Review; "Spectacles of 1906," Mississippi Review (also
runner-up for the Mississippi Review Poetry Prize). He reviewed
Dianne Blakeley's Cities of Flesh and the Dead, forthcoming in
Southern Humanities Review. Jim has also given readings with
the Red Mountain Reading Series, Jeff State CC, Birmingham, Feb. 2009;
Joshua House Writers, Church of the Ascension, Montgomery, Feb. 2009;
and will read at the Alabama Book Festival, Montgomery, Apr. 2009. Crawford Publishes, Presents Nicholas Crawford published "Synge's Playboy and the Eugenics
of Language." Modern Drama 51.4 (2008): 482-500. He also
presented "Serving Theater in Volpone." The Southeastern
Renaissance Conference. American Shakespeare Center. Staunton, VA,
October, 2008. |
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Graduate Studies The English Department offers graduate students mentorship and guidance in a rigorous yet informal academic setting. With a wide array of course offerings, our program gives graduate students the opportunity to master their chosen areas of study and to put their ideas into practice in fields such as teaching, academics, editing, writing and other professions. Students may opt to complete the degree through 30 credit hours of coursework, or through 24 hours of coursework and a 6-hour Master’s thesis. All students must also pass a comprehensive exam, usually taken in the last semester before graduation. Learn more... |
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For more information, please contact:
Tonja Battle, Office Manager
Department of English, Station 6420
University of Montevallo
Montevallo, AL35115
BattleTL@montevallo.edu
(205) 665-6420
Artwork by Dusty Domino