English Literature BA (Hons) at De Montfort University

Explore literature’s power to shape society and prepare for an exciting career in publishing, media, education, and beyond. You will be taught through a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, group tutorials and student-led seminars.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities  |  Department: English and Creative Writing  |  Duration: 3 years full-time, 4 years with placement, 6 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time, optional placement year (sandwich)  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Leicester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Introduction to the Novel, Journeys and Places, Introduction to Drama: Shakespeare OR choose a route for the rest of your course, Poetry and Society. Year 2: Exploration and Innovation: Medieval to Early Modern Literature, Exploring Work and Society, Text Technologies OR continue with the route selected in the first year, Victorian Literature and Afterlives. Year 3: Dissertation, Textual Studies Using Computers, World Englishes: On the Page and Beyond OR continue with the route selected in the first year, Modernism and Magazines.

Career pathways

English Literature graduates are eminently employable because of their highly developed communication and reasoning skills and their ability to work independently and as part of a group.

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