English Literature Leeds Beckett University

Overview

Taught by a team with an international reputation for their research in diverse areas, ranging from Caribbean culture to crime novels to apocalyptic fictions, this  English Literature programme from Leeds Beckett University will expose you to new ideas and will encourage you to question them. Across both shared and specialist modules and in undertaking a major project, you’ll develop skills of critical sophistication and argumentation and independence-of-mind, project development, and reflection.   

• Literary Studies pathway

Specialise in literary studies. On this pathway, you’ll:

-Explore the relationship between history and literary analysis

-Understand, apply and criticise key practical, contextual, conceptual and theoretical issues and debates in the analysis and creation of literary texts

-Reflect on and evaluate methodologies, drawing on a range of cultural, theoretical and practice-led reference points

• Creative Writing Pathway

Study creative writing at an advanced level. On this pathway, you’ll: 

-Expand and think critically about your own writing practice as a form of critical engagement or research

-Improve your understanding and mastery of the craft of creative writing

-Develop persuasive and sophisticated style both orally and in the written form

Careers 

You will have the transferable skills to work across a variety of industries, including the creative, technology and education sectors. Your ability to find creative resolutions to problems and communicate complex ideas effectively will prime you for a diverse range of roles, or you could further pursue your studies and progress to a doctorate.  Some of the areas you could work in are:

• Editing and publishing

• Teaching and lecturing

• Content creation 

• Marketing and PR

• Further study (PhD)