 elcome to the website
for the School of
Literature and Language at Louisiana Tech University. With over 45
faculty members and 100 majors, the School is not only the largest but
the most diverse in the university. The School offers a range of
courses that serve the greater student population, such as freshman
composition or technical writing, as well as major classes in such
varied topics as Science Fiction, French Literature in English
Translation, Folklore Studies, and Shakespeare. Our graduate classes in
English can lead to an e-certificate in Technical Writing or to an MA
in English with a concentration in British or American literature. The
links on this site will help familiarize you with our program, keep you
updated on events and activities, and show the unique opportunities and
educational benefits to those who choose a major or minor in English or
Foreign Languages.
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January 2010
Dr. Dolliann Margaret Hurtig, Associate Professor of French at Louisiana Tech University and Co-Chair of the Commission of the Promotion of French in the United States, published an article in the January issue of the National Bulletin of the American Association of Teachers of French. Dr. Hurtig's article, in the column "Promotion in Motion," concerns the teaching of French film in the French Classroom at the high school and the university levels. Dr. Hurtig shows how film can be successfully integrated into the classroom by focusing on the award-winning films of Claude Berri, Jean de Florette and Manon des sources.
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January 2010
Dr. Kimberly Vanderlaan, Assistant Professor of English, recently
presented her paper, "Touring That 'huge voracious fetish' She Called Culture: Reading Complicated Signposts in Wharton's The Custom of the Country"
at the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Philadelphia,
PA. The MLA is the major international convention for scholars in
English and Foreign Languages. The topic of the panel was "Cultural
Tourism in Edith Wharton's Life and Fiction." |
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December 2, 2009
Magin LaSov Gregg, a graduate student in English, has published "Reading Hamlet 3.1.121 as Remembrance
of Richard II 5.1.23" in ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews
(Volume 22). Her essay argues for a literal reading of Hamlet's famous
reference to a "nunnery" to reveal an intertextual relationship between
Ophelia and Richard's Queen Isabel. |
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Louisiana's Poet Laureate
to Give Reading
at Tech
Darrell Bourque, Louisiana's Poet Laureate, will give a reading from his new book of poetry with Jack B. Bedell, Call and Response: Conversations in Verse (Texas Review Press, 2009) on
February 4th in Adams Parlor, starting at 7pm. Mr. Bourque is
Professor Emeritus from University of Louisiana in Lafayette, where he
taught in the English Department and in the Interdisciplinary
Humanities Program. During his career at ULL, he directed the Creative
Writing Program, was theFriends of the Humanities Honor Professor, and
served as the Head of the English Department. He also was the President
of the National Association for Humanities Education and edited the
journal Interdisciplinary Humanities.
Mr. Bourque's books include Plainsongs (Cross-Cultural Communications,
1994), The Doors Between Us (the inaugural issue of Louisiana
Literature's Chapbook Series, 1997), Burnt Water Suite (Wings Press,
1999), and The Blue Boat (The Center for Louisiana Studies, 2004). Mr. Bourque was appointed Poet Laureate of Louisiana in 2007 and
2009.
The reading is FREE and open to the public.
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