English Literature BA

Enjoy huge module choice and the flexibility to study the areas you're most keen on. Interested in Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf or George Orwell? Or in comics, video games, and interactive performance? You can enjoy all of these topics and plenty more, with additional options to study modules in Creative Writing, Film Studies and Linguistics and Communication.

• Study literature from across the globe, spanning from some of the first works in English language to last year’s most exciting novels.
• Explore your literary interests and passions with stimulating modules such as ‘Gender and Sexuality,' ‘Fantasy and Fandom,’ and ‘The Gothic.’
• Live and study in the city that raised and inspired writers from J.R.R. Tolkien to Benjamin Zephaniah. Birmingham values literature as much as you do, and is home to events like the Birmingham Literature Festival as well as the biggest public lending library in Europe.
• Discover diverse career paths in areas such as the culture and media sectors with our exciting work placement opportunities.