English Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

English at Cambridge gives you a solid foundation in history of English literature, from the medieval period right up to the present day.

Get an introduction to different types of writing, prose, fiction, drama and poetry, as well as the chance to specialise and develop your own interests.

From its ground-breaking beginnings, the English course has had an ethos of innovation and progress. This continues to shape our teaching and research. 

If you have a passion for literature and the intellectual curiosity to ask probing questions, then this course is for you.  

You’ll get a strong grounding in literary works written in English. This means you can study American and post-colonial literature alongside British literature.  

You’ll also have the chance to specialise, develop your interests, and explore: 

* other art forms, including music and film, in relation to literature 

* literature’s connections to intellectual traditions including philosophy, art history and politics 

By studying this course you'll join some of the most famous writers who studied here in the past. They include:  

* Edmund Spenser 

* John Milton 

* William Wordsworth 

* Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

* EM Forster 

* Sylvia Plath 

* Ted Hughes 

* Kamau Brathwaite 

* AS Byatt 

* Zadie Smith 

* Helen Oyeyemi