Overview

In choosing English Literature, you will be studying at one of the oldest, largest and most dynamic centres for the study of literature in the world.

Level 1 courses in English Literature will provide you with the knowledge and critical and creative skills that form the bedrock for the study of English Literature. 

You will develop skills in independent writing and in analysing and arguing about literature, and gain insights into how speaking and performing texts enhances literary study. Poetry and Poetics introduces you to the study of poetry, of what has been written about it, and how it is performed and reproduced. Prescribed texts include anthologies of poetry and literary criticism, one play, and a handbook on studying poetry. 

The English Literature course at the University of Glasgow includes a poetry writing competition and an open mic forum. Novel and Narratology addresses the novel form in English and theories of narrative and its cultural effects. There are also opportunities to develop skills in creative writing.

Careers

A degree in English Literature opens up a wide range of career opportunities, such as teaching, writing, publishing, journalism, research and production in the arts and media sectors and other forms of cultural leadership, the civil service, public relations and cultural policy, financy, business and technology.