Mount Allison English Department
63D York Street - Hart Hall, 3rd Floor E4L 1G9 Sackville, NB, Canada

We're so pleased to be working with Renée on her debut novel, "Blinking Embers" More info will be released in the coming months...

Welcome Dr. Amatoritsero Ede to the Department of English The Department of English is pleased to welcome a new permanent professor to the Department, Dr. Amatoritsero Ede. Dr. Ede is a specialist in African and African diaspora literature, and comes to us from the University of the Bahamas. His special interest is literature and politics, especially Afropolitanism. Dr. Ede is also a poet and creative writer, and publishes an online poetry journal. We are thrilled that he bri...ngs these skills and interests to Mount Allison! Dr. Ede will be teaching 4 courses this year. In the Fall he will be teaching English 2991: Home and Exile, and English 3991: Literature as Virus. In the Winter he will be teaching English 1201D: Introduction to the Principles of Literary Analysis, and English 3771: Caribbean Literature. If you have questions about these courses please contact Dr. Ede at [email protected].

Dear Students of English Literature courses, for Fall 2020 course information Please scroll down for individual class info. With the pandemic restrictions the university has designated (at this time) three different kinds of course offerings. In the Department of English we are aiming to accommodate as many students as possible, therefore for some courses we may be offering more flexible delivery methods than can be explained simply in the Registration system. It is possible,...Continue reading

Rupi Kaur offering free writing workshops...

AAUEC 2020!!! Deadline to apply: January 20, 2020 Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia will host the 2020 Annual Atlantic Undergraduate English Conference from Friday, February 28 to Sunday, March 1. Every year, the AAUEC brings exceptional English students from across Atlantic Canada together to share their work with peers, as well as gain experience with conference presentation and answering questions about their research. You can check out the conference website h...ere: https://aauec2020.weebly.com/ Acadia has already announced this year’s conference keynote speaker: Andrew Steeves of Gaspereau Press! The Mount Allison English department will select up to four students to present their academic papers, and up to two students to present their creative writing at the AAUEC conference. Presentations are usually a version of an essay or creative piece completed in the context of an English course. The department provides funding for students to attend the conference. We also organize a pre-conference practice session to mentor students as they prepare their conference presentations. To apply: Send your application to the Mount Allison English department by Monday, January 20. Submit it by email to Elaine Simpson at [email protected] Your application will include: 1. A copy of the academic paper or creative writing text that you hope to present. Include a title which may be used in the conference program. If you are submitting an academic paper, also include a 250-word summary or abstract of your paper. Do not put your name on your text or summary so that it can be evaluated anonymously. 2. A 50-word biographical note about yourself, which may be used to introduce you at the conference. If your application is successful, your presentation will be approximately 15 minutes long (1500-1800 words). If you have questions, contact Dr. Andrea Beverley ([email protected]). See more

English 3911: Studies in a Literary Genre (Bodies and Belonging in Contemporary World Literature) with Dr. Holly Morgan Students in this course will examine a variety of texts from different regions to answer questions about notions of corporeality and belonging. Who belongs where, and in what context? How are sexualities regulated by and within nations? How do discourses of nation intersect with narratives of ability or disability? Together, we will consider texts from late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries to develop an understanding of global literary marketplaces in an attempt to answer some of these questions. Texts include those written by authors from around the world, those who adopt hyphenated identities, diasporic authors, and those who reject national labels.