English Northeastern University London

Overview

The BA in English (Hons) at Northeastern University London you’ll build your analytical and communication skills as you explore how different writers across time and space have responded to, and shaped, the world around them.

Key facts

• study a broad range of literature, language, and writing across a range of forms and media, with a focus on literary themes such as ‘Literature, Land and the Environment’ and ‘Literature and Decolonisation’
• explore writers in different regions, using London as a springboard to engage with our globalised world
• develop skills in analytical thinking, resilience, flexibility, leadership, creative thinking, and self-awareness increasingly in demand among employers today.
• examine how writing not only reflects the world back to its readers, but can also be a catalyst for societal change
• develop your powers of critical analysis and scepticism, alongside an appreciation of different texts, from lyric poetry to literary criticism, newspaper articles and political speeches
• explore how subjects such as history, philosophy, psychology, art and languages connect to English, with the opportunity to build on this exploration through interdisciplinary elective courses
• hone your ability to identify and describe what links and separates works of art from different periods and genres through your Comparative Literature dissertation.