What Is It Like Studying English Literature At University?

Answer 1

First you have to get real and look at the job opportunities with an English major. One if you have a B average or better, you could become a secondary education English teacher. If you have connections you could enter the journalism or advertisement fields. Also if you have high enough grades you could apply to law schools, an English major is looked highly upon by law school administration. Now as far as studying English in the university, lots of reading classical literature. Plenty of classes reading Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, etc. If you take American Lit. classes, you'll read Hemingway, Steinbeck, Poe, etc. Depending on the professor, there are a lot of five page report writing. Some professors give more assignments than others. It all depends on who's standing in front of the classroom.

Answer 2

LOTS and LOTS of reading; so it's very time consuming, but depending on the teacher, you can get a wonderful overview of the world of literature. I'm a reading addict -- about two books a week from my three-page, single-spaced reading list. (Not having a TV helps; reading is much more rewarding, interesting, and worthwhile.)