Major and Minor Information
Information on our major, minor, courses, and learning goals.
English
In the English Department at Trinity College, faculty and students collaborate closely together as they explore a wide range of literary forms, genres, and media from an equally wide range of periods and cultures.
Here you will find the requirements for our major, our course offerings, and information about our students, past and present. We hope that this information gives you a view into the kind of community of students, scholars, artists, and teachers we are, as it outlines for you the range of programs, activities, and events that enhance and augment our work in the classroom, and provides a sense of the range of career paths taken by English alumni.
English Department Events
The Allan K. Smith Reading and Scholars Series brings a range of fiction writers, poets, non-fiction writers, and scholars to Trinity each year.
Black Lives Matter: A Commitment
The English Department faculty’s summer 2020 letter to our students.
English Department News
Learn more about recent creative & scholarly publications and awards received by English department faculty, as well as student news & opportunities.
Conversations with Faculty
Find out what English faculty have to say when students are asking the questions.
Our Alumni
We have an active alumni network: we keep in touch with our graduates and invite them back to Trinity on a regular basis to share with current students how they’ve navigated the transition from college to rewarding professional careers.
Important Links
English Department Events
Related Articles
National Endowment for the Humanities Stipend to Support Trinity Professor’s Next Book
Christopher Hager, Hobart Professor of the Humanities and professor of English at Trinity College, has received a summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities for his project, “The Public Library and the Unfinished Civil War.”
Trinity Students Team Up with Artificial Intelligence in New J-Term Course
To explore just how intelligent the latest “artificial intelligence” chatbots really are, a Trinity faculty member challenged students in a new January Term course to craft essays using only synthetically generated text.
Exploring a New Virtual Art Gallery with Assoc. Prof. David Sterling Brown ’06
A new virtual art gallery created by Associate Professor of English David Sterling Brown ’06 encourages discussions of race and racial representation, as seen through the plays of William Shakespeare.
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115 Vernon St.
Hartford, CT 06106
115 Vernon St.
Hartford, CT 06106
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