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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.

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New Undergraduate English Society to meet Friday, April 24
All English majors, minors invited to attend group’s inaugural meeting.    Read More >>
Professor Elise Blackwell wins 2009 Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award
The Mungo is one of the university’s highest honors, and Blackwell is the sixth member of the English faculty to be awarded one in the last decade.   Read More >>
Graduate students receive high honors for teaching, research
Grace Wetzel wins university-wide teaching award; Marcia Nichols awarded Mellon Fellowship; Abigail Lundelius and Stephen Spratt also secure major awards.   Read More >>
University hosts 'Robert Burns at 250:  Contemporaries, Contexts & Cultural Forms'
Scholars and fans from around the world attended the conference from April 2-4, honoring the life and work of the famed Scottish poet.   Read More >>
Professor Thorne Compton receives MLK Social Justice Award
Compton has been lauded for his contribution and ongoing commitment to education, community service.   Read More >>
Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Janette Turner Hospital nominated for literary honor
Hospital becomes a finalist after her latest novel, “Orpheus Lost,” was nominated for the 2008 Asia-Australia Literary Prize.   Read More >>
Robert Brinkmeyer's 'Fourth Ghost' wins 2008 Warren-Brooks Award
Nominated by LSU Press, Brinkmeyer joins the ranks of notable past recipients of the prestigious award.       Read More >>
Kwame Dawes to be inducted into SC Academy of Authors
The Distinguished Poet-in-Residence and Louise Fry Scudder Professor of English will be inducted at Winthrop University on Saturday, April 25, 2009.   Read More >>
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