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The Department of English Language and Literature
features a strong and flexible undergraduate
major and graduate degrees in literature,
composition and rhetoric, creative
writing, and speech communication.
Our diverse faculty boasts national
and internationally known scholars in English and American literature,
African American studies, composition and
rhetoric, history of authorship and publishing, literary theory, linguistics,
communication studies, film, and creative writing.
We foster interdisciplinary work within the department and in our connections
with such USC programs as Comparative
Literature, African
American Studies, Linguistics, Women’s Studies, Southern
Studies, and Film
Studies.
We welcome your interest and invite you to explore all that
English encompasses at the University of South Carolina.
What's News
Department to host national conference on rhetorical theory Oct. 24-25
Rhetoric program’s new conference series has attracted an impressive roster of participants from around the country. Read More >> Professor Kwame Dawes wins major literary award
As a recipient of the 2008 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, Dawes is in impressive company. Read More >>Festival of Authors to feature Bajo, Gluck, Baldacci
This year’s Fall Festival of Authors features readings from novelist David Bajo, poet Louise Gluck, and novelist David Baldacci. All events will take place in the Law School Auditorium. Read More
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Professor Patrick Scott honored with Lucy Hampton Bostick Award
Dr. Patrick Scott has been awarded for his role in significantly expanding the Rare Books Collection at Thomas Cooper Library.
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English major Sierra Carter, '08, wins prestigious Fulbright and Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards
Recent graduate is the recipient of both a Fulbright grant and the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, which is the highest honor the University of South Carolina bestows upon undergraduate students. Read More
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Caught in the Creative Act Brings Richard Ford, Jane Hamilton, Daniel Mendelsohn to USC
International literary stars Richard Ford, Jane Hamilton, Daniel Mendelsohn to visit Caught in the Creative Act this term, along with South Carolina’s own literary treasure Josephine Humphreys, and others . Read More
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Welcome to New Faculty
Dan Smith Wins 2008 Mungo Teaching Award
Dan Smith has won a prestigious Michael J. Mungo Award for Undergraduate Teaching-2008, one of the university’s most prestigious honors in teaching excellence.
Department Newsletter for Spring 2008
"Robert Burns at 250," April 2-4, 2009
The University of South Carolina library has the major Robert Burns collection outside Scotland. Scholars and Robert Burns enthusiasts will be here to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the poet's birth. Read More
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