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Undergraduate Studies
2008 Enrolment timetable
Reading English Literature is a personal (and entertaining) voyage of discovery into human experience and imagination as it has been expressed in written form over five centuries. As well as the inherent pleasures of great art, it will afford insight into how rhetorical structures of narrative and metaphor shape everyone’s perception of the world. It will develop your skills in detailed observation, analytical writing, and comparing texts as well as introducing you to writers who will be companions for life.
Teaching Provision
The Department provides the following full-time teaching programmes:
A four year Single Honours English Literature (MA)
A four year Joint Honours Degree in English Literature and any other subject within the Faculty of Arts (MA)
The subject provision includes contributing component parts towards the three-year non-Honours MA degree.
Resources
Teaching in English Literature utilises the Department’s extensive collection of audio-visual resources as well as the Moodle virtual learning environment, while the STELLA laboratory offers opportunities for the study of literature and computing. The Department is home to the Edwin Morgan Centre for creative writing, and professional writers are in residence to provide advice and encouragement.
Career Prospects
An Honours degree in English Literature opens up a wide range of career opportunities, such as (in recent years), administration, journalism and publishing, marketing, management, teaching (at home or overseas), public relations, accountancy, media research.
Contact Person: David Newell