English Literature

Entry Requirements

The main requirement for a student of English Literature is a love of reading. The extent to which the meaning of a text may hang upon the interpretation of a single, carefully-placed word or phrase, the way in which writers employ language to body forth the deepest anxieties and richest joys of the human experience, and the way in which you, as a reader, encounter aspects of yourself in the texts you read and discuss – these things will make the study of literature an exciting and richly rewarding experience.