University of Tennessee Department of English

University of Tennessee Department of English The English Department at the University of Tennessee. We offer an MA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing. Our diversity shows up in our curriculum.

The Department of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is a diverse department with a diverse mission. We teach First-Year Composition to all the students at the University of Tennessee, and we teach literature to a sizable percentage of that total. We have an undergraduate major with four "concentrations": creative writing, literature, rhetoric and writing, and technical communicatio

n. In the PhD, we have concentrations in Literature, Criticism, and Textual Studies; in Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics; and in English with Creative Dissertation. You can take courses with us in Early or Late Shakespeare, Rhetoric of Legal Discourse, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, Film and American Culture, and Race and Ethnicity in American Literature.

Join our honors society, Sigma Tau Delta, on September 18th at 5pm for a reading party! 📖Bring your current read, your h...
09/10/2026

Join our honors society, Sigma Tau Delta, on September 18th at 5pm for a reading party! 📖

Bring your current read, your homework, or just come hangout 📝

You do not have to be an English major or minor, or be in Signa Tau Delta to attend!

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09/04/2026

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Meet University of Tennessee Department of English Assistant Professor Marie Taylor!

From a young age, Taylor loved stories. She believes that stories are foundational to understanding what it means to be human.

Taylor's current work focuses on the writings of British colonists and Indigenous people in America in the seventeenth century.

She says that analyzing early colonial texts in light of the Indigenous context within which they were written helps us better envision the complex and shifting world out of which early American literature was produced.

This months CW Reading Series event, Sept. 21.
09/03/2026

This months CW Reading Series event, Sept. 21.

How life feels now that Sarah J Maas revealed the covers & titles for ACOTAR 6&7 🍾🎼📖🪩
08/28/2026

How life feels now that Sarah J Maas revealed the covers & titles for ACOTAR 6&7 🍾🎼📖🪩

The English Major Grip 📖☕️
08/27/2026

The English Major Grip 📖☕️

Thank you everyone who came out to the English Majors/Minors Meet and Greet! We loved seeing everyone’s happy faces!! Ti...
08/21/2026

Thank you everyone who came out to the English Majors/Minors Meet and Greet! We loved seeing everyone’s happy faces!! Time to read!!

Interested in majoring or minoring in English? Interested in our clubs, honors society, or our literary magazine? THIS F...
08/19/2026

Interested in majoring or minoring in English? Interested in our clubs, honors society, or our literary magazine? THIS FRIDAY! PED WALKWAY! Your fellow students will be so happy to answer all your questions and give away some merch! Come by, met us, ask questions, get inVOLved! 🍊

Be sure to mark your calendars for the upcoming reading by our newest University of Tennessee Creative Writing faculty m...
08/19/2026

Be sure to mark your calendars for the upcoming reading by our newest University of Tennessee Creative Writing faculty member Rochelle Hurt.

We enjoyed connecting with you all at College Connect last week! Didn’t make it or want another English event to go to? ...
08/18/2026

We enjoyed connecting with you all at College Connect last week!

Didn’t make it or want another English event to go to? Look no further than this Thursday, from 4:30-6:00pm in McClung 1215, for our annual English department Meet & Greet. Games, swag, and pizza will be available. Open to English majors, minors, and prospects! We hope to see you there! 🍊

Happy FDOC, English Majors & Minors! We are so excited to begin this new year with you. 🧡📖
08/17/2026

Happy FDOC, English Majors & Minors! We are so excited to begin this new year with you. 🧡📖

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