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Study

in a friendly

department where

you’ll get to know the

staff and students, but

that’s large enough to

offer you a wide rangeof courses and

specialisms

Undergraduate

English and Comparative

Literature at Goldsmiths


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Choose from eight

undergraduate programmes

Speak to your personal tutor

throughout your studies and get

advice and feedback on your work Keep up with current debates through

the Goldsmiths Writers’ Centre

Make use of the Goldsmiths and

University of London libraries,

including Senate House

Key features



ECL at Goldsmiths

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Cervantes. Bukowski. Dostoevsky. At Goldsmiths,

English and Comparative Literature is critical and

creative. From classical literature and linguistics,to creative writing and contemporary fiction, we

combine a core of modern specialisms with coverage

of literature that goes from the 14th to the 21st

century, so you can do a traditional English degree

with us or a more comparative or creative one.

As a department we’re interested in a field

of enquiry that extends from Old English

literature to newly published writing in English,

French, German, Spanish and Italian. There are

opportunities to learn about film, theatre, and

visual arts, in addition to studying literature

and language. As a result, you can study

texts and films across a variety of periods

and genres. And, because we have specialists

in areas such as American and Caribbeanliterature, you’ll get the chance to delve into

subjects you can’t explore elsewhere.

Whether you want to become an

award-winning writer or apply your

studies to another career, you’ll leave

with a University of London degree

that’s as rigorous as it is respected.

Why choose English and Comparative

Literature at Goldsmiths?

We’re engaged. As a student here you can

get involved in a cultural sphere beyond your

studies. Stay in touch with current debates

through our dedicated Writers’ Centre, the

Goldsmiths Prize for boldly original fiction,

and our popular speaker series, which has

featured guests including Doris Lessing, AlanBennett, Ian McEwan and Sharon Olds.

We’re nurturing. We may be one of the

largest departments in Goldsmiths but

that doesn’t mean you won’t get personal

support. Take advantage of our personal

tutor system, learn from an approachable

team of academic staff and become part

of the student-run English Society.

We’re vibrant. As one of the first

departments in the UK to offer creative

writing, you’ll learn from renowned

contemporary writers and be part of a hub

of literary excellence – our graduates have

gone on to win prestigious awards from

the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature to the

Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year.



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If you want to boost your academic profile

and progress to the BA English degree:

Integrated Degree in English

(including Foundation Year)

1 year full-time (Foundation) followed by

3 years full-time (undergraduate degree)

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This is a four-year degree at Goldsmiths.

The foundation year takes an overview

approach to literary history, and includes

components in Renaissance studies, 18th-

century literature, Victorian literature and

modernism. Novels, plays and poetry will

be studied, and a variety of approaches

to literary criticism are discussed and

critically assessed. You also learn study

skills, and critically evaluate your own work

in individual tutorials. If you successfully

achieve the progression requirements of

the foundation year, you can continue with

the full-time three-year BA (Hons) English.


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Our degrees

BA (Hons) English

3 years full-time or 4-6 years part-time

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Our English degree gives you the opportunity

to develop the critical and verbal skills needed

for a confident, effective reading of literary

and non-literary texts. It develops your core

skills in analytical and imaginative reading and

writing, and is structured to give you a broad

foundation in literary and cultural studies, as

well as the opportunity to study the topics

that really interest you. Course options offer

an historical view of writing in English, and

let you specialise in areas including thematic

and genre-based approaches to literature,

comparative analysis, and literary theory.

Our staff have diverse cultural backgrounds

and research areas, so are ideally placed to

offer you insights as you develop your own

interests in American, British, European, Irish,

Caribbean or other literatures in English.

BA (Hons) English & American Literature


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This dedicated degree gives you the

opportunity to read across a varied range

of literary and critical works from both sides

of the Atlantic. You’ll be able to examine

American literary and cultural contexts, the

formation of an American literary aesthetic

from Puritan times to the present day,

and the critical concepts and ideologies

that shape the American nation. You will

cultivate an understanding of the main

cultural, historical and political concepts

underpinning America and its literatures, and

be introduced to selected works spanning

literary history from Homer to the present day.

Our graduates have an excellent

employment record – 100% of last year’s

graduates were in work or further study

six months after finishing the degree.

BA (Hons) English & Comparative Literature

3 years full-time

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Enabling you to study literature and culture

across linguistic and national boundaries,

this degree offers you the opportunity

to read a generous range of works within

a comparative context. Over the course

of the three years you’ll read and discuss

works spanning literary culture from

Homer to the present day. You will

be introduced to the study of themes,

genres and movements across national

literatures, and the relationship between

literature and other disciplines. You

will have the opportunity to look at the

arts during three major periods – the

Baroque, Romanticism and modernism,

and examine cross-national influences

in a variety of genres and media.

BA (Hons) English with Creative Writing

3 years full-time

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This prestigious degree promotes your

intellectual curiosity and creativity by

combining the study of English literature

with the practice of creative writing. It will

develop your analytical and critical abilities

as well as your imaginative skills. You will

study compulsory and option courses

from a wide range offered, while each year

taking a creative writing course. These

creative writing workshops specialise in

prose fiction or poetry, and are designed to

develop your knowledge while laying the

foundations of your writing practice. They

are taught by practitioners and active

researchers, so you will have access to

experts and you will be interacting within

a community of writers who will be

supporting the development of your work.



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BA (Hons) English & Drama/Drama & English

3 years full-time

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This degree brings insights from a range of

perspectives to develop your analytical and

imaginative skills. You’ll develop an awareness

of literary-historical contexts and of

relationships between theatrical texts and

other literary genres. It can be studied through

two pathways: Drama or English, depending

on which you decide will be your main focus.

These pathways diverge at the end of the

second year, so for the first two years of the

degree all students have a similar choice of

courses. In your first year, literature courses

focus on poetry, the literature of the Victorian

period and classic texts from Homer to

Margaret Atwood. You also study theatre

history, performance theory and approaches

to production. The second and third years

offer greater flexibility, with an excitingly

varied choice of literature and drama courses.

BA (Hons) English & History


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This degree familiarises you with thematic and

genre-based approaches to literature, verbal

analysis and literary theory. Throughout the

degree you will be introduced to the skills

of the historian, encouraging you to analyse

societies and their structures in a way that

will inform and complement your literary

studies. You’ll also have the opportunity

to apply your academic skills within the

workplace, through our History at Work

scheme. Our staff come from a variety of

cultural backgrounds and, with their diverse

research specialities, they’ll be able to help you

develop your own interests. Interdisciplinary

courses draw together standard historical

sources with literature, film, and the visual

arts, and help you develop a wide range

of skills that are attractive to employers.

BA (Hons) English Language & Literature*


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This degree, new for 2013, will give you an

in-depth understanding of the English

language based on critical study and analysis

of a wide range of literary and non-literary

genres, including print and digital media.

You will become familiar with historical,

geographical, socio-cultural and situational

language variation, and develop a critical

understanding of how language can be

used as a resource to project identities and

to shape representations of reality. At the

same time, the programme offers a broad

foundation in literary studies, including

thematic and genre-based approaches

to literature, comparative analysis, and

literary theory.

*New programme: subject to validation

BA (Hons) Media & English

3 years full-time

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This degree allows you to explore critical

perspectives in literature and media alongside

each other while developing your skills in

creative writing (script and short story) and

editing. The degree will stimulate and develop

your critical faculties and at the same time

help you improve as a creative writer (film,

tv, radio, print and new media). You’ll follow

thematic and research interests that bear on

your own original writing, and be taught by

leading scholars and researchers in Media

and Communications, and English and

Comparative Literature. The creative writing

course each year, which is taught by working

screenwriters, fiction writers, radio dramatists

and editors, will develop your script and prose

editorial skills, and you will graduate with

a portfolio of creative writing project work.

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Your future: skills and careers

A degree in English opens up a wide range of careers

by developing critical and analytical skills, proficiency

in assessing evidence, the clear expression of ideas,and the ability to bring together insights from a range

of subjects. You also learn to solve problems, to think

creatively, and to communicate with clarity – all of

which are attractive to a variety of employers.

According to data collated by Unistats, the

definitive UK university guide and part of the

Higher Education Funding Council for England

(HEFCE), Goldsmiths’ English undergraduate

students go on to attain the highest-paid

jobs of English graduates in the UK.

Where do ECL graduates work?

English graduates go on to work in a very

varied selection of careers, including:

• Journalism

• Editing

• Writing

• Advertising

• Marketing and public relations

• Teaching (schools and higher education)

• Events management

• Information management

• Archivism

How Goldsmiths equips you

for the world of work

Everything we do at Goldsmiths is committed

to preparing our students for life beyond

study. You’ll develop independent thinking

and real-world skills, which employers are

looking for when recruiting graduates. And

we nurture creative talent and dynamic

thought, and a commitment to being at the

forefront of your chosen field, whatever

that may be. Our Careers Service offers

support, guidance and practical advice

on how to take your first steps to finding

a job and having the career you want. .

Graduate insight

Ben, graduated in 2008 witha BA in English & Drama

“Every university is formative but not all are

supportive. Goldsmiths is. I directed my firstplay in my third year and it was only throughGoldsmiths awards and fellow students that Iwas able to this. Since then, I’ve written and

directed many different things but I wouldn’thave were it not for the confidence, skills, and

people that Goldsmiths gave me. This year,I’ve written opera for the Welsh NationalOpera. I never thought I’d write opera but

Goldsmiths challenged me to try new things

and, through a combination of perseveranceand luck I was asked to work for the WelshNational Opera as a writer-in-residence.”



Contact us

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degrees. If you need moreinformation, please email

[email protected]

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Student insight

Alex “I could probably only describe

the atmosphere here to be a fusion ofeccentricity and libertarian expression.

If you want to be an individual then thereis nowhere that will encourage you more.When I looked at my course it appeared toendorse this notion of diversity and has

given me a freedom to choose what I

learn. Goldsmiths is as beguilingas the people that come here.”

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