Bachelor of Arts in English Literature with Specialization in Literary History

About this programme

Explore literature through small-group seminars, creative writing, and connections with published authors, while building the critical reading and persuasive writing skills valued across careers. Customize your English Literature degree around your interests, while studying key historical and contemporary periods, genres, and ideas. Benefit from small-group seminars and creative writing workshops, connect with published authors, produce your own work and gain professional experience, while becoming a thoughtful reader, persuasive writer and creative thinker. Fast-track your education, by earning your Master’s degree in English (Public Texts) in only 12-20 months of graduating from your Honours B.A. Specialize your studies in English Literature with a focus on a specific field within your degree Become a historian of the written human experience, studying the evolution of English texts and storytelling from medieval times to modern literature. For English majors considering graduate studies, this specialization provides the foundation to explore a broad spectrum of literary forms and themes – essential expertise for any future scholar, teacher, or author. This specialization introduces students to racial and social justice issues, critical race theory, and literature written by Black, Indigenous, authors of colour, Queer and disabled authors, or people identifying as part of another marginalized group. This specialization will expand your worldview, deepening your understanding of systemic inequity and the representation and expression of diversity through literature, c