This degree aims to provide you with a detailed understanding of writing in English and a sophisticated awareness of the critical debate in the discipline. Through the course you will become familiar with the major periods of literary expression and with the principal forms of critical understanding. You will study core modules in the major periods of literary history and approaches to literature. Our exceptional choice of options includes everything from American Gothic and First World War prose writing through to Byron and Marlowe. You will also research a dissertation in an area that you find particularly interesting and rewarding. English Literature has a long heritage of rigorous training in intellectual and communication skills and our course has a strong focus on employability. Employers in many different sectors will recognize the value of your degree, keeping your career options wide open. Graduates have taken up careers in many areas including teaching, journalism, publishing and PR, while others has gone on to pursue success in postgraduate study.