English Literature (Hons) De Montfort University

Overview

Study an exciting range of literature in English, from writers across the globe and on subjects including the novel, Victorian and Romantic literature and Shakespeare and Marlowe. Learn how texts work, and debate literature’s role in society both now and throughout history.

You’ll receive excellent teaching from internationally-renowned academics and will be taught to articulate your ideas with confidence while writing with fluency and flair. By studying English Literature (Hons) BA programme at De Montfort University you’ll join a lively and welcoming academic community – a group of people who are friendly, supportive and passionate about literature.

Graduate careers

• English Literature graduates are eminently employable because of their highly developed communication and reasoning skills and their ability to work independently and as part of a group.
• Our graduates go on to work in careers in a variety of areas such as archival work, the media, the civil service, marketing, journalism, the arts, library services, teaching English as a foreign language and public relations. Graduates have earned roles such as Associate Producer at the BBC, Picture Book Editor at Pan Macmillan and a Senior Press Officer in the Children's Department at Penguin Random House. Graduates also have the opportunity to undertake further studies such as the English MA at DMU.