BA (Hons) Englische Literatur

If you want a future with fewer limits, this is your degree. When you study English Literature at Portsmouth, you'll also explore history and politics, society and culture, human relationships and identities, and how we choose to live. And you’re doing it in a city steeped in lively literature, from Charles Dickens to Neil Gaiman.

You’ll explore complex, challenging issues – from masculinity to the Holocaust. You’ll learn the skills to critically analyse the purpose, truth and impact of any written text. You’ll also develop the skills to produce your writing and presentations, so you can communicate original ideas in ways that engage and influence readers.

The combination of creative thinking and rigorous analysis you develop will make you a compelling candidate for all kinds of jobs – from marketing to museums and journalism to publishing.

Course highlights

• Discover our literary city with the constantly evolving Portsmouth Literary Map – your course begins with a tour of literary Portsea and the Dockyards area, introducing significant places in the lives of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, today's local writers, and plenty more.
• Enjoy the freedom to interpret assignments creatively, and develop employable skills in presentation and teamwork, on a course without exams.
• Learn directly from staff who produce world-leading research into areas as diverse as magical realism and representations of food
• Build specialist knowledge by choosing the topics that match your interests – from global literature to dystopian and apocalyptic environments, from women’s writing to crime writing
• Develop your own style and build up your writer’s portfolio by becoming a contributor to our Writing Literary Portsmouth blog
• Curate your own literary prize or produce a prize pitch to experience what happens when writing meets the commercial marketplace
• Build a professional network with high-profile figures, including authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, prize judges and critics, through our contacts and partnerships

We’re proud to be a breath of fresh air in the academic world – a place where everyone gets the support they need to achieve their best. We’re always discovering. We don’t fit the mould, we break it. Just as the world keeps moving, so do we.

We’re closely involved with our local community, and we take our ideas into the global marketplace. We partner with businesses, industry, and government to set the course for a better future. And we educate and transform the lives of our students to help them achieve their potential. We stand out, not just in the UK but in the world. We excel in research areas from cosmology and astrophysics to cybersecurity, forensics, and sport science. Since the first day we opened our doors, we've looked towards the future. And we're here to help you shape it.