BA English Literature
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature. Core topics include Research Methods. The course includes a semester abroad option and an Arts and Humanities placement module. Opportunities also include archive and library work, literary festival volunteering, and independent publishing placements in Norwich.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB including English Literature or one of the subjects listed below.
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What students say
Based on about 17 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 96%
- Learning opportunities: 89%
- Assessment and feedback: 87%
- Academic support: 87%
- Organisation and management: 87%
- Learning resources: 93%
- Student voice: 90%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 45 students who started
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 205 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- East Midlands: 5%
- West Midlands: 3%
- East of England: 35%
- London: 32%
- South East: 13%
- South West: 7%
Who gets in
Based on about 30 students who started
- A levels: 85%
- Access course: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
- Other qualifications: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- ENGLISH LITERATURE: BEGINNINGS
- READING NOW
- BECOMING A CRITIC
- EPIC STORYTELLING AND ANCIENT MYTH
- WRITING ACROSS BORDERS
- THE RISE OF THE MACHINES: WRITING AND READING IN THE AGE OF AI
- VICTORIAN WRITING
- CONTEMPORARY FICTION
- EUROPEAN LITERATURE
- CRITICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE
- SHAKESPEARE (PRE-1789)
- MEDIEVAL WRITING: QUEST, FABLE AND ROMANCE (PRE-1789)
- LITERATURE STUDIES SEMESTER ABROAD (SPRING)
- ROMANTIC TRANSFORMATIONS: 1740-1830
- EARLY MODERN WRITING 1600-1740: THE MAKING OF ENGLISH LITERATURE (PRE-1789)
- MODERNISM: THE ART OF EXPERIMENT
- THE WRITING OF JOURNALISM (AUT)
- CREATIVE WRITING: INTRODUCTION (SPR)
- THE SHORT STORY (AUT)
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES PLACEMENT MODULE
- MAKING IT PUBLIC: PUBLISHING, AUDIENCE, & CREATIVE ENTERPRISE
- READING AND WRITING CONTEMPORARY POETRY
- ADAPTATION: CROSS-MEDIA TRANSFORMATIONS
- LGBT AND BEYOND: SEXUAL CULTURES, QUEER IDENTITIES, AND THE POLITICS OF DESIRE
- PIRATES, SEAFARERS, SHIPWRECK C. 1500-1750: THE PERILS OF THE SEA
- LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II - B1 CEFR
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II - B1 CEFR
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II B1 CEFR
- MONSTERS, MARVELS AND CREATIVE MEDIEVAL HERITAGE (PRE-1789)
- THE BIRTH OF THE GOTHIC: ROMANCE, REVOLUTION, EMPIRE
- SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORLDS (PRE-1789)
- BANNED BOOKS
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: POST-1789 (AUT)
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: POST-1789 (SPR)
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: (PRE-1789) (SPR)
- WRITING CONSCIOUSNESS: STYLE AND MODERNIST FICTION
- WOMEN'S WRITING IN EARLY-MODERN BRITAIN: THE EMERGENCE OF FEMALE AUTHORSHIP (PRE-1789)
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: (PRE-1789) (AUT)
- IMAGINARY ENDINGS: BRITISH FICTION AND THE APOCALYPSE
- MYTHOS: REWRITING THE CLASSICS (PRE-1789)
- THE ART OF MURDER
- THE ART OF EMOTION: READING AND WRITING FEELING
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Literature at University of East Anglia earn?
The median salary is £23,000 after 3 years, £27,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £22,000 and £35,000. The £27,500 median after five years is £500 less than the UK median for Literature in English.
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English Literature at University of East Anglia?
96% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English Literature at University of East Anglia?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 113 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA English Literature at University of East Anglia?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.