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09/02/2026

Explore 19th-century gaming by studying popular Victorian games, their role in shaping the period’s literature (think Wuthering Heights), and our adaptations of Victorian culture in contemporary video games such as Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and the card game, Marrying Mr. Darcy. Study (and play!) literature-based role-playing, parlor, board, and video games, among others. You’ll also get to create a Victorian game using Twine, a simple software tool for telling interactive, non-linear stories.

09/01/2026

Just a few seats remaining in our Paranoid: Conspiracies in literature course! We live in a world of conspiracy theories spread by social media, tabloid magazines, and an endless number of TV shows. The objective of the course is neither to promote nor debunk any particular theory, but to examine the role that conspiracy theories play as modern mythologies, dramatizing our fears and anxieties, and (strangely enough) our enduring (and possibly naïve) hope that things will one day get better.

08/30/2026

Sharpen your professional communication skills with ENGL 318: Business Writing 💼✍️. Learn to write effectively in real-world business contexts, refine your rhetorical skills, and create polished materials for various scenarios. Prepare to communicate with clarity, precision, and impact.

08/29/2026

Boost your career with an English minor! 💼 Develop advanced writing and communication skills, creative thinking, and empathy. Just 4 courses (16 credits) past the English core course, with flexible classes in literature, creative writing, or professional writing. 📚

08/28/2026

Interested in learning about the world of publishing? Explore the broader publishing landscape, from small literary magazines and zines to Big-5 commercial presses and everything between. Plus, learn how to enter the publishing industry and what to expect as a writer.

Also some exciting news! We are currently in the process of seeking approval to start a publishing certificate program in fall 2027. Stay tuned for further updates!

08/27/2026

ENGL 230 Narrative Medicine, the gateway course for the Narrative Medicine minor, returns in Fall 2026! Increasingly, education for nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals includes the practices of reading literature, writing reflectively, and engaging in role-play to learn how to care for patients (and for themselves). By focusing on stories (of the patient, the healthcare professional, and the cultures and systems in which both live) and therefore humanizing the often-impersonal world of the healthcare system, it improves the quality of care for patients and reduces burnout among healthcare professionals.

08/26/2026

Today we remember the birthday of Barbara Ehrenreich, who passed away in 2022. Ehrenreich is a recognized name in the English Department, as her book NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA was used as a common text for first-year students. The book is a powerful memoir of her three-month experiment surviving on a series of minimum-wage jobs, such as a waitress, a hotel maid, a cleaning woman, a nursing-home aide, and a Wal-Mart sales clerk.

08/25/2026

ENGL 322 Writing Fiction is an intermediate course that explores traditional and innovative patterns of fiction writing, with an emphasis on experimentation with a variety of techniques and development of individual voice. This course will include critique sessions, readings to broaden possibilities of form and subject, and individual instruction. Prerequisite: ENGL 255 or permission of instructor.

08/24/2026

Take any trips this summer? Our faculty were busy traveling both domestically and internationally, including research trips to Ghana, writing retreats in Portugal, a trip to England and Wales, and places closer to home, such as Duluth and Two Harbors. Always fun to get away!

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Saint Paul, MN
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http://www.stthomas.edu/english/undergraduate

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