Writing and English Literature BA (Hons)

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Overview

Develop your creative and professional writing skills while exploring how English literature has shaped, and been shaped by, different societies on our full-time Writing and English Literature degree in Cambridge. Choose to study abroad for one semester in France, and get support to find work placements, as you prepare for a career in creative industries including fiction writing, journalism, arts criticism and publishing.

Improve your writing skills, both critical and creative
Get invaluable feedback from professional writers as well as fellow students
Learn to write compelling narratives – essential for jobs of today and tomorrow
Explore classic literary texts alongside genres including sci-fi and children’s literature
Tailor your modules towards your ideal career with options such as news writing and screenwriting
Learn from the author of the book on Studying English Literature and other experts
Study abroad for one semester in France, and apply for funding to help cover the cost

On our BA (Hons) Writing and English Literature, you’ll develop your own writing while studying the techniques of some of the world’s greatest writers. You’ll also discover the importance of English literature: how it is affected by the culture, language, technology and economics of its time, and how it influences readers and society as a whole.

As well as developing your creative writing skills (including poetry, drama and short fiction) you’ll have the chance to explore professional writing techniques such as news and feature writing. Combining these with a study of critical writing, you’ll discover new ways to express your literary talent.

Our teaching staff, which includes many published writers, will offer you invaluable feedback on all of your creative writing work – as will your fellow students. These critical workshops will give you the unique opportunity to consider a range of responses to your work, as well as sharpening your own critical skills.

By studying English literature, you will also be exploring a range of other subjects at the same time, including history, politics, philosophy, religion, psychology and the history of art. As well as developing skills such as literacy and communication – important for any career – you’ll become well-versed in methods of literary research, such as bibliographies, databases and information technology.

Throughout the course, your studies will be supported by our team of Writing and English literature experts, including Course Leader Dr Colette Paul, Dr Tory Young (author of Studying English Literature, a text used by many Universities), and Dr Una McCormack (Star Trek The Fall: The Crimson Shadow and Doctor Who: Royal Blood). You can also seek advice on your writing from our Royal Literary Fund fellows.

Careers

Our BA (Hons) Writing and English Literature will help you develop many skills for your future career, including literacy, communication, creativity, self-reliance and teamwork.

Many of our graduates have found success in roles such as journalism, teaching, writing, television, radio, the music industry, gallery work and arts administration.

We work with employers to make sure you graduate with the knowledge, skills and abilities they need. They help us review what we teach and how we teach it – and they offer hands-on, practical opportunities to learn through work-based projects, internships or placements.

Our work-based modules will give you a chance to get crucial experience in the field that you hope to work in, and our links to local professional bodies – including Cambridge University Press, Windhorse Publishing and Writers’ Centre Norwich – can help you find a placement.

Find out more about our placements and work experience, or the faculty’s employability support.

You might also decide to continue on to a Masters course after you graduate, such as our:

Modules & Assessment

A History of English Literature, from the present to 1789
Introduction to Imaginative Writing: Prose Fiction
Reading Literature and Theory
Introduction to Non-Fiction
Writing Matters
Introduction to Imaginative Writing: Poetry and Plays
A History of English Literature from Equiano to Chaucer

Fundamentals of Publishing

Writing Short Fiction
Romantic Conflicts
Writing for the Stage
Victorian Literature and Culture

Postcolonial Writing
Screenwriting: The Feature Film
Myth and Medievalism
Writing World War One: Trauma, Memory, Resistance
Modernism and the City
News and Feature Writing
Black British Writing
The European Novel: Desire and Transgression
Writing Historical Fiction
Dialogue and Debate: More to Milton
The History of the Book

Writing Poetry
Contemporary Fiction
Major Project

Scriptwriting: Multi Platform Storytelling
Modern Science Fiction
Special Topic 2
Renaissance Magic
Elizabeth Gaskell and the Brontës
Working in English and Media
Spectacle and Representation in Renaissance Drama
Film Journalism
Writing Speculative Fiction
Literature and Exile: Displacement, Identity, Self
Theorising Children’s Literature
Publishing in Practice
Romantic Idealism

Anglia Language Programme

Where you’ll study

Your department and faculty

Using our creative expertise and industry connections in Cambridge and beyond, we create experiences that entertain, educate, inspire and improve lives.

At Cambridge School of Creative Industries, we believe in the importance of experimentation and risk-taking to create experiences that entertain, educate, inspire and improve lives.

Whether writing bestselling fiction, creating challenging documentaries or sharing a piano with people on the autism spectrum, the expertise of our staff goes far beyond teaching. Their research produces significant funding success, leading to important publications and international conferences.