Specialty Areas
UConn English faculty and graduate students study the full range of English literature written across the globe, using traditional and cutting-edge fields of study. Our scholars approach their work as archivists and cultural studies scholars, and as literary theorists and creative writers. They use a wide range of methodologies to study English and its impact on the world in which we live.
Historical Periods and Fields
View our faculty by historical periods and fields.
Areas of Interest
Other scholarly interests in our department include:
Children’s Literature
Creative Writing
Digital Humanities
Drama
Film/Media Studies
LGBT Literature/Queer Theory
Literary/Critical Theory
Nature/Environment
Creative Nonfiction
The Novel
Poetry & Poetics
Rhetoric & Composition
Women’s Writing/Feminist Literary Theory
And more!