In a widely discussed and very disheartening New Yorker piece this spring, Nathan Heller reported on the state of the English major and found it wanting. Perhaps the most alarming moment in the long ...

The so-called death of the novel may not be a problem if, as Franco Moretti suggests, there are already too many novels – so many, that actually reading them doesn’t make sense. Mr. Moretti, a ...

Study literature and other cultural works, as well as linguistics, and creative writing. The immersion is flexible in order to accommodate student interest in areas such as specific literary ...

Yale University's renowned English Language and Literature programs involve substantial annual costs. Undergraduate students ...