拥有如此广泛的学位，可以与世界上一些最伟大的作家和思想家互动，这将使您能够探索英语文学的丰富遗产，同时考虑有关我们如何看待和理解世界的重要问题。核心模块使您能够在历史时期探索英语的诗歌，散文和戏剧，同时向您介绍哲学的中心问题以及如何构建论点。您还将通过从一系列令人印象深刻的可选模块中进行选择来积累这些知识，使您能够从事自己感兴趣的主题。<br> <br>从形而上学到儿童文学，从尼采到美国小说和美学，对于媒体的语言而言，该学位为理解人类思想的发展以及文化表达的重要形式提供了一个很好的机会–以及两者如何相互交
Engage with some of the world’s greatest writers and thinkers with this wide-ranging degree, which will allow you to explore the rich heritage of literature in English while considering important questions about how we see and understand the world.You’ll study material that demonstrates how the study of English Literature and Philosophy are relevant to contemporary issues and concerns such as through race, gender, culture, or debates about oppression, equality, justice and international obligations.Literature and philosophy both have an important role to play in explicating diverse ways of understanding the world, the experience of different peoples (in place and time), how our world is shaped and how it can be changed for the better.Compulsory modules will enable you to explore poetry, prose and drama in English across historical periods while introducing you to central issues in philosophy and how to construct arguments. You’ll also build on this knowledge by choosing from an impressive range of optional modules, allowing you to pursue the topics that interest you.From metaphysics to postcolonial literature, feminist philosophy to American fiction, and aesthetics to the language of the media, this degree offers a great opportunity to understand the development of human thought and its varied forms of cultural expression.Specialist facilitiesThe University of Leeds has world-class facilities for students of English and Philosophy. The University libraries are among the largest in the UK and offer a course of workshops and webinars to help you make the most of their collections, digital resources and databases.Take a look around our libraries:Brotherton LibraryLaidlaw Library Edward Boyle Library The Brotherton’s Library’s manuscripts are held in the Special Collections Research Centre, which has recently undergone an extensive refurbishment and extension, after a generous bequest from the John Victor Bedford Will Trust.This provides new working spaces for individuals or groups, and new teaching spaces that feature visualisers and projectors, enabling you to engage with sources using the latest techniques.Prominent Special Collections include letters by Charles Dickens, manuscripts by the Brontës, a Shakespeare First Folio, and extensive archives of prominent contemporary poets including Simon Armitage and Tony Harrison. SkillsLibrary offers training courses to help you make the most of the library’s collections, digital resources and databases. In addition, it can provide one-to-one support to taught students on a wide range of topics, including academic writing, research skills, and data analysis.