Literatures of the Americas

This area of study reflects the department’s strengths in many literary traditions of the Americas. Graduate students concentrating in this area will have opportunities to examine the Americas in relation to differing concepts of history, citizenship, nation, region and genre. Long a standout graduate program in Southern literature, we currently house forward-thinking faculty who conceive of the South in broad terms, encompassing an array of genres, media, and ethnic traditions, as well as a new geographic sense of the region that includes the Caribbean.

Personnel

LeAnne Howe

Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature

Cody Marrs

Professor

Ron Miller

Emeritus Professor

Éric Morales-Franceschini

Associate Professor

Hugh Ruppersburg

Emeritus Univ. Professor of English

Research Spotlight

American Literary Studies

The UGA graduate program in English offers a full range of courses in American literary studies, including standard courses in literary periods, genres, and major authors, as well as topics courses; our approaches and methods are similarly diverse. We routinely offer author seminars on…

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