Main Departmental Office
Auditorium Building, Room 112

Mailing address:
1155 Union Circle #311307
Denton, TX 76203-5017
940-565-2050
Fax: 940-565-4355

Web site: www.english.unt.edu

Undergraduate Advising Office
Auditorium Building, Room 114

Nicole Smith, Chair

Faculty  

The study of English language and literature provides students with an intellectual foundation that will permanently enrich their lives and prepare them for a wide variety of professional paths. Our department features courses in British, American, and anglophone literature; in the art of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction; and in rhetoric and composition. All of these classes foster intellectual independence and help students to develop the skills of thinking critically, reading deeply, and writing clearly.

The English major is widely recognized as a core liberal arts degree, preparing students not only for graduate study in literature or creative writing, but for a range of careers – including teaching, the law, publishing, and business – in which the skills of analytical thinking and effective communication are at a premium. Whatever path they choose, English majors (and minors) will also have gained something invaluable: a fuller sense of the possibilities of life, expanded intellectual and imaginative horizons, and greater insight into the workings of human nature.

At all levels, our class sizes are restricted in order to provide opportunities for collaboration with other students and close interaction with professors. Our faculty specialize in a variety of literary traditions, critical methodologies, and genres of creative writing, and are devoted to training students in the most effective strategies for reading and writing.

Programs of study

Programs offered by the department, including concentrations under the English major, are listed below.

Endorsement in English as a Second Language

See the certification advisor in the College of Education for details.

Programs

• English with a concentration in Creative Writing, BA
• English with a concentration in Language Arts, BA
• English with a concentration in Literature, BA
• English with a concentration in Writing and Rhetoric, BA

• English with a concentration in Literature, BA with grad track option leading to English, MA

• American Studies minor
• English minor

• English Language Arts and Reading teacher certification

• American Studies certificate
• Game Studies and Design certificate
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies certificate

Courses

• ENGL 1310 - First-Year Writing I
• ENGL 1311 - Honors First-Year Writing I
• ENGL 1315 - Writing About Literature I
• ENGL 1320 - First-Year Writing II
• ENGL 1321 - Honors First-Year Writing II
• ENGL 1325 - Writing About Literature II
• ENGL 2100 - Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 2210 - Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700
• ENGL 2220 - Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the Present
• ENGL 2321 - British Literature
• ENGL 2326 - American Literature
• ENGL 2331 - World Literature
• ENGL 2341 - Forms of Literature
• ENGL 2351 - Mexican American Literature
• ENGL 2600 - Introduction to American Studies
• ENGL 2800 - Introduction to Games and Play
• ENGL 2900 - Special Problems
• ENGL 2910 - Special Problems
• ENGL 2996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience
• ENGL 3000 - Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills
• ENGL 3110 - Academic Writing in the Humanities
• ENGL 3140 - Beginning Fiction Writing
• ENGL 3150 - Beginning Poetry Writing
• ENGL 3160 - Beginning Creative Nonfiction Writing
• ENGL 3200 - Rhetorical History and Historiography
• ENGL 3210 - Studies in Writing
• ENGL 3360 - Classical Literature and Mythology
• ENGL 3370 - The Bible as Literature
• ENGL 3430 - British Literature to 1780
• ENGL 3431 - Introduction to Early Medieval Literature
• ENGL 3432 - Introduction to Late Medieval Literature
• ENGL 3433 - Medieval Women Writers
• ENGL 3434 - British Renaissance Drama
• ENGL 3435 - British Renaissance Poetry
• ENGL 3436 - Introduction to Eighteenth-Century British Literature
• ENGL 3440 - British Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present
• ENGL 3441 - Introduction to Romantic Literature
• ENGL 3442 - Introduction to Victorian Literature
• ENGL 3450 - Short Story
• ENGL 3455 - Dramatic Literature
• ENGL 3500 - Beginning Game Writing Workshop: Storytelling Through Narrative Design
• ENGL 3830 - American Literature to 1870
• ENGL 3831 - Introduction to the Literature of the Colonial Americas
• ENGL 3832 - Nineteenth-Century American Poetry
• ENGL 3833 - The American Renaissance
• ENGL 3840 - American Literature 1870 to the Present
• ENGL 3843 - Twentieth- and Twenty-first–Century American Poetry
• ENGL 3847 - American Realism
• ENGL 3850 - The Literature of Texas and the Southwest
• ENGL 3900 - Career Advancement for English Majors
• ENGL 3910 - Special Studies in Literature
• ENGL 3911 - Topics in British Literature
• ENGL 3912 - Topics in American Literature
• ENGL 3913 - Topics in World Literature
• ENGL 3920 - Ethnic American Literatures
• ENGL 3924 - Women’s Literature
• ENGL 3996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience
• ENGL 4100 - Advanced Fiction Writing
• ENGL 4110 - Advanced Poetry Writing
• ENGL 4120 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing
• ENGL 4130 - Literary Editing and Publishing
• ENGL 4140 - Advanced Narrative Design for Gaming
• ENGL 4150 - Literary Criticism
• ENGL 4195 - Advanced Grammar and Usage
• ENGL 4200 - Studies in Modern Rhetoric
• ENGL 4210 - Advanced Studies in Writing
• ENGL 4220 - Contemporary North American Indigenous Literature
• ENGL 4230 - Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing Studies
• ENGL 4240 - Writing Center Theory and Practice
• ENGL 4245 - Postcolonial Literature and Theory
• ENGL 4250 - Latinx Literature
• ENGL 4255 - Mexican American Non-Fiction and Criticism
• ENGL 4260 - African American Literature
• ENGL 4270 - Modern Jewish Literature
• ENGL 4280 - Africana Literature, Media and Culture
• ENGL 4285 - Africana Theory and Criticism
• ENGL 4290 - World Drama
• ENGL 4300 - Modern Drama
• ENGL 4310 - Contemporary Drama
• ENGL 4400 - American Fiction
• ENGL 4410 - Chaucer
• ENGL 4420 - Poetry
• ENGL 4430 - Shakespeare
• ENGL 4431 - Studies in Medieval Literature
• ENGL 4432 - Studies in Renaissance Literature
• ENGL 4433 - Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British Literature
• ENGL 4434 - Studies in Romantic Literature
• ENGL 4435 - Studies in Victorian Literature
• ENGL 4440 - Milton
• ENGL 4450 - Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)
• ENGL 4470 - British Drama
• ENGL 4480 - American Drama
• ENGL 4500 - British Fiction
• ENGL 4610 - Children’s and Young Adult Literature
• ENGL 4620 - Studies in Literature and Film
• ENGL 4630 - Studies in Literature and Medicine
• ENGL 4640 - Studies in Literature and Science
• ENGL 4650 - Literature and the Environment
• ENGL 4660 - Literature and the Holocaust
• ENGL 4665 - Studies in Science Fiction
• ENGL 4670 - Gender and Sexuality in Literature