{"id":847,"date":"2021-02-02T00:56:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T05:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlhamcollege.wpengine.com\/?page_id=847"},"modified":"2024-04-26T09:34:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:34:24","slug":"english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/academics\/majors-minors-programs\/english\/","title":{"rendered":"English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The English major at Earlham explores the power of literature to shape the world, including a specific focus on literature and social justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the program, you\u2019ll encounter a broad diversity of voices, both those that have been canonical for centuries and those that have been silenced throughout much of history. You\u2019ll take classes that focus on specific genres (e.g. poetry, drama, or the novel); theoretical approaches to literature; and themes of peace and justice, including race, gender, sexuality, class, colonialism and environment.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The major includes both past and present writers, from the United States and Great Britain as well as a wide range of other English-speaking countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sign up for more information about Earlham College.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Top industries for recent graduates include education, journalism, media and publishing, non profits and more. Recent graduates have also gone on to pursue advanced degrees at institutions such as Washington University in Saint Louis, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Cincinnati and Georgetown University.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Alumni have become Fulbright scholars and teachers or have gone into graduate programs in English, journalism, literature and social work.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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