Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures
The Department of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures develops language proficiency to foster critical thinking through literary, cinematic, and linguistic analysis and hence to establish incisive perspectives on cultures and civilizations, including our own. The many faculty and student accomplishments in research, teaching, and service to the community build a solid foundation for exciting professional futures by informed, engaged citizens.
Students can earn a B.A. in French, German, Italian, Russian, or Spanish with concentrations in Literature and Culture or Language and World Business. A bachelor's degree in the Asian Studies Interdisciplinary Program can include a concentration in Chinese or Japanese, and the parallel Latin American Studies Program includes a Portuguese concentration.
We also provide laboratory-based language learning in Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian.
MFLL News
- Kodjo Adabra, a PhD candidate in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, has second novel published
- Professor Erec R. Koch to deliver an invited lecture at the Sorbonne Université de Paris IV) on June 18, 2008
- Professor Michael Handelsman reappointed as Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
- Congratulations to Ingrid McMillen for receiving the Mary Lynn Glustoff Award
Languages Tables
- La Table française (The French Table)
5-6pm @ Sunspot Restaurant
( 1909 Cumberland Ave.)
Every Friday
- La Tertulia (The Spanish Table)
5-7pm @ Cool Beans
(1817 Lake Ave.) - Bate-Papo (The Portuguese Table)
6-7:30 pm @ Golden Roast (825 Melrose Pl.) - Russian Table
4-6pm @ Panera
(except SECOND Friday @ Sunspot)
Language Tables sponsored by the International House
Contact Information
Department of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures
1115 Volunteer Blvd.
701 McClung Tower
University of Tennessee
Knoxville , TN 37996 -0470
Phone: (865) 974-2312
Fax: (865) 974-7096
E-Mail: mfll@utk.edu