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The Department of English at the University of North Texas cultivates scholarly/creative achievement and provides graduate- and undergraduate-level instruction in the areas of Anglophone literary and cultural studies, creative writing, and rhetoric/composition. We strive to promote greater understanding of literary and cultural texts and to guide students toward practical fluency in literary theory; to contribute to the literary traditions of the language by fostering the creation of new works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction; to develop theories and methods of writing instruction; and to investigate the history and forms of persuasive writing.
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Miroslav Penkov wins BBC award
Miroslav Penkov has won the £15,000 BBC International Short Story Award for his story, "East of the West." See http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m7rqn for details.
Read more »Raja wins million-dollar grant!
Dr. Masood Raja has won a one million dollar grant from the State Department to set up a collaborative relationship between UNT and the National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad.
Read more »Bruce Bond wins UNT Foundation Award!
Regents Professor Bruce Bond has won the UNT Foundation Eminent Faculty Award, a $15,000 prize given by the UNT Foundation in recognition of "a faculty member who has made outstanding and sustained contributions to scholarly-creative activity, teaching, and service and has served as an inspiration to the University of North Texas community." This is one of UNT's highest honors. Congratulations to Dr. Bond!
Read more »UNT Sigma Tau Delta Summer Symposium
UNT's Sigma Tau Delta Undergraduate and Graduate Students are hosting a first annual "Summer Symposium in English for Denton-area High School Students" on Monday, Aug 13th, from 9am-5pm.
Read more »Podcast Interview with 2012 Rilke Prize Winner, Laura Kasischke
The UNT Office of Research has posted a wonderful podcast interview that Julie West did with 2012 UNT Rilke Prize winner Laura Kasischke during her visit to Denton: https://research.unt.edu/media/podcast-interview-laura-kasischke-poet-and-unt-rilke-prize-winner.
Read more »The UNT English Classes of 2012 Head for Graduate School
As they have done every year, graduates of our undergrad and grad programs are moving on to some exciting destinations.
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