English Literature

About this course

English literature is the study of how written language shapes, and is shaped by, the world. It asks you to read carefully and think critically, engaging with texts across centuries, genres and cultures, and developing the interpretive and analytical skills to understand not just what a text says but how it says it and why it matters. The discipline draws on history, philosophy, linguistics and cultural theory, and it challenges you to reflect on your own assumptions as well as those embedded in the works you study. At the University of Essex you will study this three-year full-time programme, and you will be challenged from the outset to engage seriously with how literature participates in the world, asking questions about power, representation, language and meaning that connect literary texts to broader social and political realities. Essex has a distinctive intellectual culture in th

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 75% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 10% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 25% of graduatescards →

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