English Literature (with a Placement Year) (Hons) St Mary's University, Twickenham, London

Overview

When you study literature you are not just reading and thinking about great books, you are also asking questions about society’s past and future, and ultimately interrogating your own past and future.

Our English team at St Mary’s boasts strong expertise in the interconnections between literary texts and their social, historical, political and national contexts. This is reflected in the modules that we offer, which allow you to interrogate, alongside the texts themselves, the intricate and fascinating cultural backdrops that are informing what we read. 

Alongside canonical works, in the English Literature (with a Placement Year) (Hons) degree from St Mary's University, Twickenham, London you will have the opportunity to engage with underrepresented authors and unconventional literary forms, enabling you to broaden your understanding of the far-reaching meanings attached to the term ‘Literature’.

Career opportunities

English graduates are among the most flexible, and find employment in diverse fields. The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) points out that English graduates are attractive for a number of reasons, including the ability to ‘adapt and transfer critical methods to a variety of working environments’ and the ability to ‘acquire substantial quantities of complex information of diverse kinds in a structured and systematic way’.

This degree offers opportunities for you to relate your studies directly to the world of work. The skills of critical thinking and communication you’ll be acquiring are some of the most valued by employers.

St Mary's English graduates have found employment in many fields including:

• Media

• Publishing

• Personnel

• Research

• Management

• Retail

• Journalism

• Administration