English

A study of the major Romantic writers, including William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats.

An in-depth study of creative writing technique specific to children’s literature. Participants will become familiar with current trends in children’s literature, imitate a favorite author’s work, read and discuss major children’s novels, and draft/workshop/compose twenty pages of original children’s literature.

This course will offer a comprehensive view of the works of C.S. Lewis with a focus upon how his imagination helped to shape his apologetics. In addition to reading selections from his letters, journals, poems, fiction, non-fiction, and apologetics, students will view and discuss important new video productions of Lewis’ life in order to gain a perspective on the ideas, thoughts, and opinions of the most popular Christian author of the twentieth century. Because Lewis has powerfully influenced so many people, this course will explore his approach to making Christianity intellectually reasonable, theologically winsome, and spiritually compelling. While open to all students who have completed a sophomore level literature course, this course is designed in particular for students majoring in English and Bible and Theology.

Our literature concentration allows students to learn literary interpretation by examining a wide range of literary texts. Students select courses from three broad categories:

• early British literature
• later British literature
• United States literature

Historical, Christian, and formal modes of interpretation are stressed, emphasizing the connections between classic imaginative stories and the issues of human meaning found in art, economics, history, and current events.

The Creative Writing concentration at Montreat College is designed to provide students the opportunity to pursue their passion for imaginative writing of poetry, short fiction, literary non-fiction, and the novella. English Creative- Writing majors work alongside professors and peers in small, intensive workshop-style classes. In addition, Creative Writing majors are provided the opportunity to showcase their work through the College sponsored reading series and submissions to Q, the Montreat College literary magazine. Our future poets, essayists, and novelists—all Montreat College student writers—are encouraged to have their voices heard through participation in area writing festivals, contests, lectures, and public readings.

Our professional writing concentration allows you to explore career tracks in English and related disciplines such as Communications. You’ll also receive a thorough grounding in literature—with the essential development of analytical and critical-thinking skills.

You can design a program of study focused on your interests, even when they’re outside the core curriculum of an English major. Working with an English faculty member, you can select courses from other institutions or departments that can be integrated into your specific discipline. Please note that the special emphasis must be approved by your academic advisor prior to completing 60 credit hours.