The English Program at Lenoir-Rhyne 

There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river; while you went on living, it went on living too, and like a river moved on and moved away. No one has stepped twice into the same river. But did anyone ever step twice into the same book? --Marina Tsvetaeva

The English major provides adventure as well as marketable analytical and communication skills.  Majors enjoy reading British, American, and world literature alongside in-depth explorations of fiction, poetry, drama, and rhetoric.  Our program also offers a certificate in creative writing, where you can develop your craft in small poetry or fiction workshops and tutorials. 

Your experience with the English major doesn't stop in the classroom.  You can participate in the Visiting Writers Series, working with Pulitzer-prize winners.  You write for the Lenoir-Rhynean, our campus newspaper, or the HACAWA, our the yearbook.  You can submit your creative work for publication in the campus literary magazine, Cantos.  You can work side-by-side with a professor under a faculty-student research grant.  Check out our Opportunities page for more information.

Regardless of the focus you choose, the English major provides a great  opportunity to  achieve deeper self-awareness and understanding of others.

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