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Undergraduate Catalog 2007-2008

English: Overview

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Department of English

Contact Information

College of Arts and Sciences
306 Clemens Hall
North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-4610

Phone: 716.645.2575
Fax: 716.645.5980
Web Address: www.english.buffalo.edu
Cristanne Miller
Chair
Susan Eilenberg
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Program Overview

English students explore the expressive power of language primarily through a comprehensive study of the English and American literary tradition; this focus often broadens to include other verbal arts, such as drama, folklore, film and video, and foreign works in English translation. Some students also develop their creativity through select courses that emphasize the writing of poetry, prose fiction, autobiography, and playwriting. Our diverse faculty aim to help students become critical readers and writers. Critical readers employ analytical skills of close reading, historical contextualization, and theoretical reflection. Critical writers synthesize the results of their analyses into coherent and original critical essays.

Updated: May 7, 2007 11:26:07 AM