Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - English Literature

UEA is the place where literature lives. At UEA, students will be part of a unique and supportive community of critics, writers, and drama practitioners who are dedicated to bringing literature to life. They will be studying literature in a city with both a rich literary tradition and a vibrant contemporary writing scene.

Students will have the chance to discover a wealth of writers from Chaucer to the present day – from medieval romance via Shakespeare, Milton, Austen, the Brontës, and James Joyce, to novelists and poets who are still writing now. Explore diverse traditions of writing from across the globe, and tackle a heady mix of genres, which currently range from epic to children’s literature, crime writing to Latin American fiction, tragedy to biography. The journey through literature is shaped by the student's interests – no two UEA English Literature degrees are the same.

All the BA English Literature modules are 100% coursework. This enables students to cultivate the craft of critical writing. Students may find themselves honing the perfect essay or try expressing their ideas in new, experimental forms in one of the creative-critical modules. Or they might turn their skill with words towards modules on journalism or publishing, which provide a flavour of the forms of writing these careers require.

Students will work with UEA's world-leading critics, who will help to develop student's own critical voice. UEA’s School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing is famous for innovation in teaching and for cutting-edge research.  Lecturers will be passionate about bringing their own expertise into the seminar room.

At UEA, the Literature degree is a rigorous, flexible and distinctive course, which enables graduates to become first-rate readers of literature, and  confident writers about it. They will graduate as a passionate and informed advocate for the literature they love.