Texts English majors read.
English majors interpret.
English majors are trained to analyze complex and ambiguous materials in order to infer meaning, to construct significant patterns, to recognize the symbolic references behind the literal level of texts. One striking thing about the 2000 Election in Florida was the importance given to these daily tasks of the student of English. The justices attempted to infer the spirit rather than the letter of the conflicting electoral laws . . . For samples of interpretive staements regarding the Florida Election, click here .