English Department
English LiteratureBethel's English Department offers both a major and a
minor in English Literature with courses ranging from World Literature
to Shakespeare to The Harlem Renaissance. The English Literature major
is just 36 credits which allows students to easily combine it with other majors
or courses of study. In this major, you will meet professors like Dr.
Thomas Becknell, an American Literature scholar and published author
who has strong interest in the environmental sciences as well. Dr. Dan
Ritchie is a British Literature scholar who established Bethel's four
semester Humanities general education option. Access an audio file of his lecture at the McLaurin Institute here. Dr. Mark Bruce is a
Bethel graduate who has returned to teach courses like Chaucer,
Shakespeare, and World Literature. His passion is medieval studies--see a sample of his interactive Beowulf here. English Literature and WritingThe Literature and Writing major gives students the opportunity to both read and create literature. It includes most of the literature study required for the English Literature major but includes significant coursework in writing as well. There are over fifteen writing courses from which to choose, ranging from Poetry Writing to Principles of Editing and Design. In this major you will meet Dr. Joey Horstman, an essayist who also directs Bethel's Film Studies program. Here is a review of Joey's work written by a departmental graduate who has his own freelance writing business. Professor Angela Shannon is a poet who was recently nominated for a Minnesota Book Award and teaches Introduction to Creative Writing and Poetry Writing. She also is the faculty advisor to the Coeval, Bethel's literary journal. Read a sample poem here courtesy of PoemHunter.com. Dr. Marion Larson brings an expertise in Japanese literature to the department's World Literature course as well as directing Bethel's Honors Program. Dr. Dan Taylor has written a number of books including The Myth of Certainty and Letters to My Children.
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Dr. Thomas Becknell and his environmental writing students celebrate Earth Day by planting a tree on campus |
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England TermEngland Term offers students from any major the opportunity to "go to the source." Every two years, a departmental professor and 20-25 departmental students pack their bags and spend fourteen weeks traveling in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and France, exploring and studying the places where British authors lived and worked. Spend a week in Stratford-on-Avon viewing productions by the Royal Shakespeare company; take a Joyce walk in Dublin; have dinner at the Eagle and the Child in Oxford where Lewis and Tolkien had their famous discussions. This opportunity is open to students of all majors, but courses taken during England Term are particularly designed to fit into the English Literature, English Literature and Writing, and English Education programs. |
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Recent England Termers pose for a picture on the set of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Comedy of Errors. |
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Other Off-Campus Opportunities
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New York Center for Art and Media Studies
Journalism and Writing students have the option to spend a semester at Bethel's New
York Center for Art and Media Studies, living and working in the heart
of the news and publishing industry. Under the direction of Bethel
faculty and local instructors, students complete ENW405 Publishing and
Being Published, ENW300A Writers Workshop and ENW481 Internship in
Writing The NYCAMS facility is featured here. |
| To see the English Department section of the academic catalog, click here. |