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.

Montevallo Literary Festival

You are invited to attend Montevallo Literary Festival 2009, a two-day event filled with readings, workshops, dinners, receptions, and book signings.  Recent participants include William Faulkner Prize winner Barry Hannah, Pulitzer winner Claudia Emerson, National Book Award winner Ellen Gilchrist, and many others.

Crawford Selected for NEH Institute

Nick Crawford has been selected as a participating scholar for the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, “Shakespeare’s Blackfriars’ Playhouse: The Study, the Stage and the Classroom,” to be held June 29-Aug. 3 at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Va. The intensive five-week program provides a mixture of theory, practice and product as participants learn from specialist scholars, deliver papers, work with a company of Shakespearean actors (in a replica of Shakespeare’s indoor theater) and take away advanced techniques for the undergraduate classroom.

Graduate Studies

The University of Montevallo offers English graduate students mentorship and guidance in a rigorous yet informal academic setting.  Graduate students have the opportunity to truly master their chosen areas of study and put their literary ideas to practice in fields such as teaching, academics, editing, and writing.