英国文学和语言文学学士学位

本课程通过关注更广泛的社会环境和所使用的语言，提供了学习英语文学的机会。您将能够处理各种激动人心的文字，包括传统的（如莎士比亚，简·奥斯丁和查尔斯·狄更斯）和非传统的文字，以及其他类型的文化作品（如电影和艺术作品）。在提高您的研究技能的同时，您将成为更广泛的文化背景下的文本的高级阅读者。这种批判性和创造性阅读方面的培训特别适合那些考虑教英语，出版或新闻业以及涉及复杂沟通技巧和高级语言使用水平的职业的人员。那些希望发展自己的写作能力的人特别感兴趣。该学位在促进雇主重视的可转让和认知技能方面具有很强的作用，并
Our English Literature and Language BA gives you the opportunity to study English literature by focusing on both the wider social context and the language that is being used.You'll be able to engage with an exciting variety of texts, both traditional (such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Charles Dickens) and non-traditional, alongside all sorts of other aspects of culture. You'll become a sophisticated reader of texts in their wider cultural contexts, at the same time as sharpening your skills in research. This training in critical and creative reading is particularly suitable if you are considering English teaching, the publishing or journalism industries, or any career that involves sophisticated communication skills and an advanced level of language use. It is of particular interest to those wishing to develop their skills as a writer. Our degree is strong in promoting the transferable and cognitive skills that employers value, and that contribute to lifelong personal and professional development.We begin the course with an examination of what literature is and the tools that we use to discuss it, alongside focusing on how the English language works and the ways it is used to create different kinds of texts. As you progress through the course, you'll have the choice of a wide variety of literature from Old English, through Shakespeare, the 19th and 20th centuries to the present day; this may include texts from outside the traditional literary canon such as genre fiction and new forms of digital content.<br>Careers<br>Graduates from this degree are prepared for a wide array of careers with their much sought-after skills in communication, analysis and research. This is not a narrowly focused vocational degree, but a degree that prepares you for any career that values advanced skills in spoken and written communication, and where you need to demonstrate initiative and creativity in problem-solving.<br>Job roles<br>This course will prepare you for roles in a range of fields, including:Advertising<br>Further research in higher education institutions<br>Marketing<br>Public relations and communications<br>Publishing and editing<br>Recruitment and human resources<br>Speech and language therapy<br>Teaching English (both in the UK and abroad)<br>Web content management<br>Graduate employers<br>Graduates from this course have found employment at organisations including:Base Quantum Ltd<br>BBC<br>Ignition People<br>Red Consultancy<br>St. James’s Place Wealth Management<br>Tesco<br>The Restaurant Group plc