Being a student of English Language or English Literature is never going to be boring. Who wouldn’t want to know why we pick the words we do in an argument or when we’re flirting?

And how exactly did Hamlet know ‘poor Yorick’? Who was the ‘Mr. W.H.’ Shakespeare wrote his sonnets for and could the answer be scandalous?

What impact will ‘blogging’ have on our language?

How would I write a script for a soap opera?

Why does the Literature of the First World War still fascinate us, over 90 years after fighting ceased?

How have men and women experienced falling in love and falling out of love over the centuries?  

Choosing Literature or Language could answer some of these questions and make you think of even more.

So, just how good are our subjects? Ask the people studying them.

“English Lit. is great! It’s challenging and forces you to think about things and read things you wouldn’t normally consider.”