English Department's 38th Annual Awards Day
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Lexmark Room - Main Building
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literature
Frankenstein Forever
Join us for the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein!
Horror contest & refreshments @ 7:00 PM
Screening of Young Frankenstein @ 7:30 PM
Sponsored by: Sigma
Tau Delta and
English 230
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Marksbury Theatre
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Lisa Zunshine on Why Fiction Does it Better
An essay by Lisa Zunshine, a University of Kentucky professor of English, appears in the Dec. 13 edition of The Chronicle Review.
Disturbing The Peace With Poetry: Julia Johnson
There is word on the page and then there is word given breath. This past April, students and faculty from the University of Kentucky brought words to life thanks to a 12-hour open air poetry reading. The event, organized by English professor and published author Julia Johnson, was held outside of the Student Center welcoming anyone and everyone to come read their favorite poems aloud.
Literary Encounters with Vampires: Michael Carter
Since long before the most recent glitzy boom, vampires have been haunting our imaginations and our literature. In a new course being offered this fall, English 130: Literary Encounters - Vampires, the English department's Michael Carter will introduce students to the storied mythology of vampires whose written history dates back to over a century before Bram Stoker's iconic Dracula.
Event Honors Appalachian Literary Legend James Still
A symposium to honor the life and literary legacy of James Still, which is free and open to the public, will be held at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning.
CLA 261: Masterpieces of Greek and Roman Literature with Ted Higgs
A survey of major Greek and Roman literary works. Attention will be focused on the various genres of Classical literature, and the course will include comparative analysis of Greek and Latin literary pieces.
ENG 331: Survey of British Literature I: Beowulf to Milton with Dr. Giancarlo
A survey of British literature from the Old English period (5th-11th century) to the English Commonwealth and Restoration (17th century). Special emphasis is given to Beowulf; medieval romances, drama, and lyric; Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene; Renaissance sonnets; Shakespeare's King Lear and Twelfth Night; and John Milton's Paradise Lost. Assignments include reading, on-line lectures/presentations, and some exercises. Grading includes regular quizzes, mid-term, and final.
New Books in African American Studies
Dr. Vershawn Young discusses Miriam Thaggert's Images of Black Modernism: Verbal and Visual Strategies of the Harlem Renaissance with the author.
For more of Dr. Young's podcast interviews with scholars of African American cultural and literary studies visit the website for New Books in African American Studies: http://newbooksinafroamstudies.com/