Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [English] From Birkbeck, University of London

Based in our historic campus in the heart of Bloomsbury, in a Georgian terrace once occupied by Virginia Woolf, this course offers both depth and breadth through its wide and diverse range of modules. YouÕll gain a detailed knowledge of the most significant literary works from the medieval period to the present.

Foundational modules in Year 1 introduce you to key techniques in literary analysis, and show how theoretical approaches such as feminism, post-colonialism and psychoanalysis can transform the ways in which you read and think. You can then choose from a huge range of option modules that allow you to focus on single authors, genres and literary periods.

YouÕll read texts by Dickens, Zadie Smith, Shakespeare and Plath; encounter genres such as science fiction and romance; and explore literary forms from the novel to comics and beyond. The English programme at Birkbeck, University of London flexible structure allows you to shape your degree according to your own literary and critical interests.

Career

Graduates can pursue careers in writing and journalism, publishing, editing or research. This degree may also be useful in becoming an editorial assistant, newspaper/magazine journalist, writer, academic librarian or public relations officer.