You’ll study classic literary texts alongside genres including sci-fi and children’s literature, and find out how English literature has been affected by, and influenced, culture, language, technology and economics.
You’ll draw on a range of other subjects, including history, politics, philosophy, religion, psychology and the history of art to develop an all-round understanding of the written works that have shaped our world.
You’ll develop several skills that are valued by employers, including literacy, communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, research, and working independently and as part of a team.
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Year one, core modules
A History of English Literature 1: Writing Matters
A History of English Literature 2: Reading Literature and Theory
Myth, Miracle and Magic
Language and Society
Literature of the Fens
Year two, core modules
Romantic Conflicts
The European Novel: Desire and Transgression
Reading Beyond Britain
Victorian Literature and Culture
Modernism and the City
Writing World War One: Trauma, Memory, Resistance
History of English
Science Fiction
Dialogue and Debate: More to Milton
Contemporary Issues in Stylistics
Writing Short Fiction
Year three, core modules
Major Project
Spectacle and Representation in Renaissance Drama
Contemporary Fiction
Elizabeth Gaskell and the Brontës
Romantic Ideals
Renaissance Magic
Language, Flesh, Philosophy
Writing Poetry
New Media Discourse
Working with English
Literature and Exile: Displacement, Identity, Self
Theorising Children's Literature
Anglia Language Programme
Our BA (Hons) English Literature graduates go on to work in a variety of fields, including teaching, journalism, television, radio, the music industry, arts administration, gallery work, fundraising, personnel work, publishing, librarianship, marketing, local authority work, publicity, social work, tourism and IT-related industries.
We work with employers to make sure you graduate with the knowledge, skills and abilities they need; they help us review what we teach and how we teach it. The problem-solving, critical and creative thinking, judgement, research, analysis and communication skills our English Literature students gain are highly valued by employers. You’ll also learn to work well independently and as part of a team.
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
