English Literature and Culture Leiden University

Overview

Taught by Leiden University's acclaimed English literature faculty, this programme gives you access to excellent teaching and resources including Leiden University’s unique collection of manuscripts, books, periodicals and electronic media.

An expansive curriculum spanning the Middle Ages to the present day gives you scope to pursue your personal area of interest. Choose from ‘popular’ culture to the classics; from Beowulf to Chaucer; Milton and Shakespeare to James Joyce and Anglo-American films. Besides reading works from the traditional canons of British and American literature, you can also focus on speculative fiction, the Gothic, and Hollywood film.

English-language literature from all around the world is included in this study, from the traditional canons of British and American literature to diverse world regions including the Caribbean, South-Africa and India.

You also have the option to focus on Philology: the study of medieval and early-modern texts and text media in their cultural-historical context.

Career prospects

• Account executive at a communications agency

• Policy officer at The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

• English teacher at a university of professional education

• English teacher at a secondary school

• Junior information specialist at an association of civil-law notaries

• Project officer for subtitling at a company specialising in media translations

• PhD researcher at a foreign university

• Project manager at a translation and interpreting agency

• Publishing assistant at a legal publishing house

• Copywriter at a software and consultancy company

• Content manager and communications advisor at a multinational accountancy firm