Spelman College, a historically Black liberal arts institution for women in Atlanta, has eliminated its English department and renamed it the department of literature, media, and writing. “We’ve changed our major curriculum to move away from the colonial legacies associated with English literature,” said department chair Patricia Ventura. “Decolonizing our major means foregrounding how we work with cultural texts from a wide range of places and traditions.” While traditional “English” classes, such as British and American literature, are still offered, the department no longer structures its undergraduate major’s requirements around national literature traditions. Instead, the curriculum will focus on liberatory
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