Graduate and undergraduate Literature students at a LitUnplugged event.
Miami is home to a well-respected undergraduate program, a BA/MA program, as well as a Masters and PhD in Literature. The English department houses four programs: Creative Writing, Linguistics, Professional Writing, and LITERATURE!
This blog is designed to offer supplementary materials to the Literature Program website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. It will also contain lengthier written stories, videos, and archives. Explore the blog to find out about our visiting speakers, the undergraduate and graduate writing life, alumni profiles, interviews with writers they admire, and more.
What is the Literature Major?
The Literature Major is ideal for those who love to read and write. In lively conversations with fellow students and dedicated professors, you will analyze and discuss the forms of artistic expression that matter most to you: stories and poems, fiction and nonfiction, novels and material culture, plays and films. We offer courses on everything from graphic novels to popular and YA fiction. Our classes will challenge and amaze you, even as you become a better writer and thinker.
Literature major Sarah Camino discusses authorship during “Intro to Literary & Cultural Studies”
“While my favorite part of being a Literature major is probably the literature itself, it wouldn’t be the same without our incredible faculty. I’ve had class projects ranging from participating in a theater production to studying rare books from the 16th century, so although I could read anywhere, my meaningful connections with my professors are why I’m grateful to be studying literature at Miami.” –Lit major Sarah Camino
Recent data show that employers want graduates who communicate effectively, possess critical thinking and analytical skills, and think creatively about projects.
Literature majors are therefore poised to excel in a changing job market. Our Literature majors graduate and secure jobs in a wide range of professional fields, including law, marketing, management, publishing, medicine, journalism, teaching, and library science. English Literature majors also prosper in nonprofits, tech companies, and start-ups.
Stay in the loop:
Follow the Literature program on Twitter, click “like” on our Facebook community page, and follow our Instagram to keep up with announcements about publishing opportunities, awards, internships, events, and lots more.
Blog Staff:
Miami’s Literature blog is written and edited by Miami Literature students. The current editor, Mady Neal, and Literature program director Dr. Erin Edwards, can be contacted at literature@miamioh.edu.
Erin Edwards is the director of Literature and Associate Professor of English at Miami University. She is author of The Modernist Corpse: Posthumanism and the Posthumous.
Mady Neal is a junior double major in English Literature and French with a minor in Spanish. In addition to to working as a literature apprentice, Mady is currently in the accelerated masters program in French and she is starting a new literary magazine on campus dedicated to creative-nonfiction.
