 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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November 3, 2009
The School recently received signed letters and documents from American writers such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, and Zane Grey as well as documents with the signatures of James Madison and Louis XIV and Louis XVI of France for the Frellsen Smith Memorial Collection housed on the fourth floor of Prescott Library.
Please stop up on the fourth floor of Prescott Library to see our new manuscripts.
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October 29, 2009
To celebrate Halloween and to honor Edgar Allan Poe in his 200th birth year, Sigma Tau Delta will host a party in the Shakespeare Garden on Thursday, October 29. Back by popular demand, Dr. John Martin will channel Poe and perform some of the poet's darkest poems. Several of our English majors have volunteered to join Dr. Martin in the creepy reading; one has even promised to dance! Cake and cider served! Festivities begin at 5:00 p.m. and will be over by 6:00. Join us for all or part! In addition, there will be a display of old and recently acquired "Poe-abilia" in the graduate student lounge before and after the reading...if you have any of your own, please bring it to share!
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Fall 2009
Events for
The Maya and the World: Interdisciplinary Inquiry in the Liberal Arts will be taking place during the Fall
Quarter.
Grace Lloyd Boscopé, Project Director, Maya Research Program, Forth Worth, Texas
Thur, Oct 22, 6:30 pm Lincoln Parish Library: "Contemporary Recycling: Uses of Ancient Tools by Modern Maya."
Fri, Oct 23 , 9:30 am, Wyly Auditorium, LA Tech: "Threads of the Past Enrich the Present: The Maya Then
and Now."
Monica Bontty, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana
Thur, Oct 29, 6:30 pm, Lincoln Parish Library: "Years Mayan and Hours: The Concept of Time in Ancient Maya and
Egyptian Societies,"
Thur, Oct 29, 9:30 am, Wyly Auditorium, LA Tech: "The Notion of Time in Egyptian and Mayan Society"
W. George Lovell, Queens, University, Kingston, Ontario
Thur, Nov 5, 6:30 pm, Lincoln Parish Library: "At Peace in the Corn: A Story of Civil War and Its Aftermath in
Guatemala"
Fri, Nov 6, 11 am, Wyly Auditorium, LA Tech: "Surviving Conquest: Geography, Colonialism, and Maya
Peoples in Guatemala."
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Triumph over Tragedy
The Grapes of Wrath
The English department just received a signed first edition of The Grapes of Wrath from Lorna Kardatzke. The edition will be displayed on the fourth floor of Prescott Library as part of the Frellsen Fletcher Smith Memorial Collection, during our celebration of Triumph Over Tragedy.
Our thanks go out to Pat Garrett, whose efforts made this acquisition possible.
The Grapes of Wrath (Play)
Oct 28-31, Nov. 4-7
School of Performing Arts
Stone Theater
James V. Hart (Talk)
October 20, 2009
Wyly Tower Auditorium, Louisiana Tech University
4:00 PM (we have the room from 3:30 until 6:00)
Play Monopoly
October 27 (80th anniversary of Black Tuesday)
70 students, faculty, and support staff will play MONOPOLY on the campus to join 21 parishes in the largest game of Tournament Monopoly at one time in the history of Monopoly!
Great Scavenger Hunt
October 27-Nov. 21
Participants will use technology to lead "virtual hunters" across North Louisiana to discover the architectural sites, meet the "Elders," interact with the professional artists, hear storytellers and musicians spin tales and ballads about the impact of the Great Depression in North Louisiana, and listen to historians and economists as they compare and contrast the hard times of 1929-41 to those experienced today. "Hunters" will send "virtual" message time capsules to be delivered and installed at each of the actual sites. A $2,000 Grand Prize will be awarded to the person or team who answers the most questions correctly.
The Grapes of Wrath (Film)
November 10
Film, starring Henry Fonda
Outdoor Screening
Dr. Susan Shillinglaw
October 29, 2009
Wyly Tower Auditorium, Louisiana Tech University
4:00 PM
Steinbeck scholar will present a talk on The Grapes of Wrath and its impact on the era.
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