Program Overview

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Introduction

The

BA (Hons) English

enables you to combine diverse literary studies with innovative creative writing practice and cutting-edge research in linguistics. On the course, you will engage with contemporary subjects in literature, including queer approaches to poetry, gothic horror in young adult fiction, and the apocalyptic imagination in twenty-first-century writing. You will have the opportunity to progress on the distinct

Literature and Creative Writing

and

Literature and Linguistics

pathways, or to select options from both routes on our flexible

English

degree programme.

The

Literature and Creative Writing

pathway invites you to create a portfolio of published work, including poems, short stories, scripts, flash fiction, and novellas. You will enter exclusive writing competitions, such as the Student New Angle Prize, and develop confidence in creativity and critical skills under the guidance of published, award-winning authors. Our alumni have found employment as editors, copywriters, teachers, writers and poets. They have undertaken postgraduate studies in the humanities, including our

MA Creative and Critical Writing

.

On the

Literature and Linguistics

pathway, you will immerse yourself in a range of linguistic topics, including language acquisition and disorders, variation in spoken language, and dialects in literature and film. You will practise key skills, such as numeracy, data collection, problem solving and analysis, and receive support from active researchers and HEA-accredited lecturers. Our graduates have entered Masters-level study in the fields of speech therapy and literary linguistics. They have pursued doctoral research, commenced careers in a variety of professional contexts and seen their work cited at national conferences.

Suffolk is an

inspiring place to study English

. The county’s coastal villages and towns attract writers and artists from all over the world and feature in classic novels by Charles Dickens, George Orwell and Arthur Ransome. The richly intriguing historical development across the region also makes East Anglia a fascinating dialect area for linguistics studies. Share your love of literature, language and creative writing in a stimulating learning environment that encourages independent thinking, intellectual rigour and academic excellence.

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Further information

Explore our exclusive writing competition, the Student New Angle Prize, and read the winning entries, student interviews and guidelines

Learn more about our MA Creative and Critical Writing for postgraduate study

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