拥有文学学士学位英语和比较文学学位，您可以在涵盖各种流派和时期的课程中探索最初用英语和英语翻译撰写的各种文学作品。该学位将使您能够更详细地研究您可能已经知道的作家和体裁（从悲剧到哥特，从莎士比亚和但丁到普拉斯和巴特斯），但同时还将向您介绍文学研究的一些领域，这些领域可能不那么熟悉对您来说，从儿童文学到出版研究和书的历史。我们的学者发表了从中世纪诗歌到当代美国小说的所有研究报告，它们将帮助您发展自己的文学热情。在英语文学中，一年级的核心模块可确保我们所有的学生都具备本科工作所需的高级素养分析技能。我们探索文
This BA English and Comparative Literature degree allows you to explore the great variety of literature, both originally written in English and in English translation, within a programme that covers a wide range of genres and periods.This degree will enable you to examine in greater detail authors and genres that you may already know (from tragedy to Gothic, from Shakespeare and Dante to Plath and Barthes), but it will also introduce you to aspects of literary studies that may be less familiar to you, from children's literature to publishing studies and the history of the book. Our academics have published research on everything from medieval poetry to contemporary American fiction, and they will help you to develop your own literary enthusiasms.In English literature, the first-year core modules ensure that all of our students have the advanced skills in literacy analysis necessary for undergraduate work. We explore the different ways that literary texts respond to their cultural context (Genre and Context), we trace the development of poetry in English over time and across the globe (Poetry in English), we examine how literary texts accrue new meanings in the process of interpretation (Research and Criticism). In the second year, you choose modules that range from Medieval lyric poetry to contemporary fiction. In the third year, your module choices are more diverse and specialised: you can do archive work on Studying Manuscripts, or look at the politics of literature in Writing Global Justice. Creative writing modules are available in all three years of the degree. Our team of writers will help you to develop your skills, whether you want to explore creative writing in one module or make it a designated part of your degree.<br><br>A joint degree with comparative literature will help you develop a range of transferable skills, including critical thinking, research and writing, ability to analyse a diverse range of materials, time-management, adaptability, and a high degree of cultural literacy.<br><br>As an English literature graduate, you will enter the job market with highly developed research and communication skills, you will know how to access reliable information on any topic and how to present your findings in clear and persuasive language: these are valuable skills in today's economy, where information and communication skills are vital. You will have the critical and cultural awareness necessary for working in the public sector and the media.