在伯明翰南方学院，英语不仅仅是一门专业. 这是一条引导学生走向他们一生的激情之路.
Study the great writers, analyze and understand their works, and hone your own writing.
You’ll go on an adventure of the imagination—and master the critical thinking and communication skills sought by employers today.
Interested? Fill out the form to the right and an admissions representative will follow up with you to start your Hilltop journey.
用澳门新葡京官网英语规划你的课程!
Why study English at 澳门新葡京官网?
- 获得动手写作经验. 向Baghera(学生报纸)投稿, The Quad (literary magazine), 或Compass(领导力研究期刊). Our writing minor and workshop classes allow you to focus on different specialties, including fiction, poetry, prose, creative nonfiction, and journalism, 还有媒体实习.
- 通过我们提供的创造性课程，找到看待世界的新方法. “Monsters, Monarchs, 《澳门新葡京官网》,《澳门新葡京官网》,” and “From Suffrage to Cyborgs: Twentieth Century Feminism and the Novel” are just a few examples.
- Get creative. English majors have organized an underground poetry society that hosts poetry slams—equal parts readings and performance art. They also tutor in neighborhood schools to inspire young students to love poetry and literature.
- 去你读过的地方看看. 英语教师带领学生去爱尔兰, where they read Irish literature and see William Butler Yeats’ house; to Oxford, Miss., the hometown of William Faulkner and the setting of his novels; and to Italy, where they explore the great art and literature of classical and Renaissance Europe.
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Learning outcomes
The courses offered by the English faculty serve a twofold purpose: to teach students to formulate and articulate their thoughts clearly and effectively in both our spoken and written language, and to help students develop a critical understanding of work by writers of American, British, and world literature.
在我们的基础课程之后, 英美文学调查和我们的“入门”课程, 英语专业的学生接触文学作品有五种不同的方式:
- Breadth. 我们提供强调文学研究广度的课程. Courses such as Satire and 20世纪英美诗歌 emphasize thematic, generic, or stylistic unity among otherwise disparate works of literature.
- Depth. Other courses emphasize a depth of study, usually by focusing on individual authors, such as Shakespeare or Hemingway, but also with courses focusing on a collection of authors within a single literary movement, such as Romantic Prose and Poetry and 美国文艺复兴时期的文学.
- Difference. Recognizing that the study of literature allows one to view the world from various perspectives, 我们提供强调不同时期文学的课程, places, or cultures. 这些课程从散文开始, poetry, 从中世纪的戏剧到20世纪60年代以来的美国印第安文学.
- Contemporary. 我们学习当代文学是因为，像T. S. Eliot, we believe that just as current works are a response to those written in the past, 我们对旧作品的反应被现在的作品所改变. Courses such as 当代国际小说 serve this function well.
- Theory. 学习英语课程的学生很快就会知道，它不仅重要 what we read but how we read. We offer courses such as Performance Theory and Postmodernism to help students better understand their own habits as readers and to broaden their critical arsenal. Students are introduced to thinkers who have historically shaped our modes of interpretation, 从亚里士多德到斯坦利·费什.
With our Senior Capstone, English majors draw together all they've learned—represented in a single paper.
完成英语专业后，学生将能够
- 分析文学文本的形式、结构和体裁;
- 形成一篇论文，并以连贯统一的文章结构支持它。
- 根据文本和上下文证据提出合理的论点，
- 运用和整合学术材料;
- 用清晰、自信的声音写散文.
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Awards & Scholarships
英国文学研究成就奖This award honors the senior English major whose study of literature shows unusual industry, achievement, and depth of understanding. A book is presented to the recipient of this award on Honors Day at the Humanities Division Awards Ceremony.
The Richebourg G. McWilliams English Award
This award is named for a former member of the English faculty who served from 1929 until 1971, 这些年来谁是系主任, 她拥有玛丽·科利特·芒格英语教授的头衔. Mr. 麦克威廉姆斯是一位澳门新葡京官网，也是一位卓有成效的教师, and he had a particular interest in the literature and history of French exploration along the Gulf Coast. The award honors the senior English major whose literary study has shown unusual personal engagement, industry, and intellectual growth. A book is presented to the recipient of this award on Honors Day at the Humanities Division Awards Ceremony.
Patricia Finley Watkins写作奖学金
The Patricia Finley Watkins Scholarship was established in 1984 through the generosity of Mrs. Watkins. Preference in awarding the scholarship is given to rising juniors or seniors who are majoring in English and who have evidenced a strong desire and talent to become writers. 该奖学金的获得者由英语教师推荐. Mrs. Watkins was an artist and writer who was long active in the cultural life of Birmingham and in literary activities at Birmingham-Southern College. Her book of poetry, Another Realm, was published in 1982, and her works have appeared in other literary publications.
英语系每年春天都会为这项奖学金举办竞赛. 目前的受助人可以重新申请. 今年，作品集的截止日期是4月6日星期五. Portfolios must be in the hands of the Humanities Division Secretary in Phillips Science 101 by 4:00 that day. 投资组合的要求如下.
- All manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced in a standard 12-point typeface.
- 作品集必须包含不超过2个故事(最多20页), 10 poems (maximum 20 pages), 还有20页的非虚构散文.
- The portfolio should be arranged in a particular order and accompanied by a cover letter (single-spaced) that (1) discusses the applicant's growth as a writer and future plans in the profession and (2) discusses the individual works in the portfolio and their arrangement.
- The applicant's name must not appear on any of the manuscripts, only on the cover letter.
- 作品集和求职信必须提交一式两份, 每份副本使用单独的信封.
The winner(s) will be announced on Honors Day at the Humanities Division Awards Ceremony. 最近的奖金是1000-2000美元. 获奖者还将获得一本Mrs. 沃特金斯的书和一本 Chicago Manual of Style.
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英语学习资源
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English Faculty
William Tynes Cowan
Chair, Department of English
Professor of English办公室:323人文中心
Phone: (205) 226-4871
Email: [email protected]泰恩斯·考恩专门研究19世纪美国文学, 尤其是关于奴隶制和抗议的文学作品. He contributes to the Distinction program in Leadership Studies and the minor in Human Rights and Conflict Studies. 兴趣包括20世纪60年代，流行文化和民间传说.
Degrees: B.A. (1985) Birmingham-Southern College; M.A.Ed (1990) University of Alabama at Birmingham; M.A. (1992) Northeastern University; Ph.D. (2001)威廉玛丽学院.
Arnab Chakraborty
Visiting Lecturer of English办公室:322人文中心
Phone: (205) 226-4865
Email: [email protected]Arnab received a B.A. and an M.A. 在印度加尔各答的贾达夫普尔大学学习英语. He is completing a Ph.D. 在堪萨斯大学英语系任教. His dissertation 贫穷的机构:后人类世界的伦理与妥协 investigates the ethics of representing human and nonhuman animal agency in 20th and 21st century American and transatlantic fiction. His research connects animal studies, posthumanism, ecocriticism and postcolonial theory.
Michael L. Mclnturff
Professor of English办公室:302人文中心
Phone: (205) 226-7831
Email: [email protected]Michael L. 麦克恩特夫专门研究英国和意大利文艺复兴时期的文学. He regularly teaches Shakespeare and travels with students to Italy during E-term. 兴趣爱好包括但丁、古典神话和美酒.
Degrees: B.A. (1968) Reed College; Ph.D. (1975) Indiana University.
Sandra L. Sprayberry
罗伯特·勒基，英语教授办公室:人文中心306号
Phone: (205) 226-7832
Email: [email protected]Sandra L. Sprayberry拥有诗歌写作和20世纪诗歌学位. 她是一位出版过作品的诗人和澳门新葡京官网. B. Yeats was published as part of Macmillan of London's and the University of Iowa Press's multi-volume critical edition of original Yeats manuscripts; the work has been reviewed in The New York Review of Books, among other publications. Her teaching and research interests include 20th-century and contemporary poetry, creative writing, Native American, Irish, 和非裔美国人文学, international Human Rights, 到爱尔兰和南非旅游学习. 她负责协调理学士的辅修课程人权和冲突研究. 她的办公室里有学术界最大的非官方猫王神殿之一.
Degrees: B.A. (1979), M.F.A. (1983), University of Alabama; Ph.D. (1988)佛罗里达州立大学.
Joseph Stitt
英语副讲师办公室:111人文中心
Phone: (205) 226-4859
Email: [email protected]Jody Stitt teaches courses in expository writing, research methods, and creative writing. 他的e学期课程有弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫，豪尔赫·路易斯·博尔赫斯，J. R. R. 托尔金，俄国文学，反乌托邦，幽默理论，和天启.
Degrees: B.A. (1993) M.A. (1995) University of Alabama.
Anna Williams
英语助理讲师
写作中心联合主任办公室:314人文中心
Phone: (205) 226-4972
Email: [email protected]Anna Williams specializes in Gothic literature from the eighteenth century to the present. She produced the first-ever podcast dissertation and enjoys bringing new media into the classroom. 她是写作中心的联合主任，教授作文.
Education: B.A. (2008) Birmingham-Southern College; M.A. (2011) University of Alabama; Ph.D. (2019) University of Iowa.