Thoughts from an English Major

 Why major in English? All sorts of people major in English literature. Journalists, editors, playwriters poets, and novelists do. So do many actors and theologians. 

The English major is a great place to start preparing for one's future career. By knowing grammar, composition, academic writing, and creative writing, a person sets themself up for most careers. Whether or not people like grammar or writing, these are skills that most people will have to use in their careers. Likewise, many theologians benefit from majoring in English as it helps them learn about how to properly analyze and interpret literature. 

By studying English literature at the undergraduate level, a student exposes themself to the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, John Milton, Jane Austen, Percy Shelley, the Brontes, Charles Dickens, and more famous writers from the past. It allows them to often understand how to read literature as academics do: to look for literary themes, notice implications within the text, and understand rhyme schemes. 

Of course, more English Departments are currently moving away from the classics that they studied for generations. In Britain, the Bible is perceived as racist, and in many colleges, Shakespeare's works have been removed as necessary readings from the classrooms. Finally, many colleges are going away from even calling English Departments ''English'' as that implies they to are to focused on white British people. 

For conservatives who want to study English literature, there are other ways that they can learn about it without going to a Marxist university. One of the ways is to read literature for oneself. Second, learn and study literature from Christian scholars who majored in English. This would include people like C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. 

I'm thankful that I've had the opportunity to study British literature from a Christian university. However, in an increasingly anti-Christian America, its wise that young people and their parents think about their education without throwing away their money to godless institutions which are out to corrupt God's elect from the purity of the Holy Scriptures.