The BA English degree program gives you the flexibility to combine the study of literature and language in a balance that suits you, and offers optional modules in creative writing in the second and final years. The language modules aim to provide an understanding of the historical, social, and psychological factors that shape the English language used in everyday life, while the literature modules are designed to foster interpretive skills applying to a wide range of genres and historical periods.
Through a range of entirely optional modules, you may choose to construct a program combining the English language and literature in equal measures or to specialize in either part of the subject.
Year one introduces key skills necessary for the advanced study of literature and language, including academic writing and independent learning. You will study the historical developments of the English language and literature in English, alongside approaches to textual analysis and interpretation.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Knowledge of one or more specific literary historical periods, and the associated genres and language
- Critical and textual analysis
- Independent research and evaluative skills
- Advanced writing and communications skills
- The ability to write fluent prose
- An awareness of cultural, theoretical, and historical contexts of literature and language use
- The ability to construct and support the argument in written or spoken forms
- Literary and linguistic analysis
