Fall 2024 -
Samaine Lockwood In this seminar, we will study the range of ways that the witch has functioned in American literature and culture from the end of the Civil War to the present day. Often, though not always, the witch is an unmarried woman who lives on the margins of society, a figure through whom powerful ideas about...
Mason’s English degree is not a conventional one. As an English major, you can study the poetry of Milton and learn to write digital poetry. You can specialize in Renaissance literature or modern world literature. You can take courses on the folklore of Mexico or the films of Bollywood. You can learn...
The Literature concentration provides a rigorous course of study in literatures and cultures from the medieval period through the present day. Students may organize their concentration around a specific genre, historical period, theme, or national literature.
The concentration in Cultural Studies provides an interdisciplinary course of study that attempts to question and understand how cultural objects of all kinds-texts, technologies, and institutions, for example-are related to particular social and historical circumstances. Whether focused on recent or...
The Folklore and Mythology concentration offers students the opportunity to study oral literature and traditional artifacts in their historical, cultural and performance contexts. Study in folklore addresses secular tales, songs, proverbs, jokes and material culture items as they are performed within...
With concentrations in Literature, Cultural Studies, Linguistics, Professional and Technical Writing, and the Teaching of Writing and Literature, the Mason English department offers master's degrees aimed to meet a wide range of intellectual and professional needs and interests. Graduate certificate...