Department of English and Related Literature
Discover a world of literature at York.
Study with us
On an English degree at York, you'll discover a world of literature.
Our degree programmes offer you flexibility and choice. We provide extensive coverage from ancient classics to contemporary film and literature, with creative writing options and the chance to study literature produced in other languages.
Research
Our research ranges across periods and around the globe.
We nurture an environment for collaboration, critical and creative thinking, interdisciplinary work and thought-provoking discussion.
Texts and narrative shape and change the world. Our commitment to understanding how literature reflects and makes the past, present and future is embedded within curiosity-driven modules and flexible degrees that are delivered by expert teachers, researchers and writers.
Professor Jennie Batchelor, Head of Department
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"A Dickens novel heads off in so many different directions". Professor John Bowen talks about ways of writing about Charles Dickens novels as a part of an academic course. Part of the university's "Writing Resources".
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Nick Gill, Master Printer at the York Centre for Print, has won England Maker of the Year 2024 at the Heritage Crafts awards. Nick, is co-founder of Thin Ice Press and runs his own typecasting business, Effra Press. tinyurl.com/3xzr5jvw
Today we say #HappyBirthday to #York #author Kate Atkinson. Atkinson has set several books in York, including her debut "Behind the Scenes at the Museum" which has been adapted fro radio and stage, and won the Whitbread Prize “Book of the Year.”tinyurl.com/3n7jbxkr pic.x.com/ooucmBsykn
#OnThisDay in 1910 #French #novelist and #playwright Jean Genet was born in Paris. In his early life he was a petty criminal, but he became a #writer and playwright writing the novels "The Thief's Journal" and "Our Lady of the Flowers" and several plays. tinyurl.com/ycxyb643
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