English Literature University of Warwick

Overview

What inspires you? Is it the stories left behind by history’s witnesses, or the ideas that define modern society? Is it the cultures that surround you every day, or the life of distant places - even other, imagined worlds? The English Literature programme is offered at University of Warwick

Key Facts

Are you interested in how writing lies at the heart of everything we do, and everything we can be—its ability to change our minds and change the world? A degree in English Literature at Warwick will spark the passion for reading and writing you’ve had all your life and develop it into an expert knowledge of literary culture.

In your second and third years you will build your historical and theoretical knowledge of literature whilst also choosing from one of the widest and most innovative range of modules anywhere in the country.

Whether you prefer ancient texts or the very modern, or what lies in between, you will have the freedom to create a degree that reflects your interests and motivations. Our undergraduates enter the workplace as confident, ethical, and compassionate thinkers with exceptional writing and communication skills.

Your career

Graduates pursued roles such as:

• Journalists

• Newspaper and periodical editors

• Publishers

• Creative directors

• Arts officers, producers and directors

• Authors, writers and translators

• Musicians and composers

• Teachers

• Advertising accounts managers

• Business sales executives

• Solicitors and legal associate professionals

• Management consultants and business analysts

• Marketing associate professionals

• Academics and researchers