About the Programme
Explore the relationship between word, emotion and meaning. A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major or minor in Literatures in English combines analysis and writing for understanding and then developing creative content for culturally and socially significant texts.
What Will I Study?
You will discover:
- Culturally defining texts from across the world
- Techniques to identify how meaning is produced and communicated
- Application of creative expression in addressing social concerns
- Practical writing skills for critical and creative content
Learn more about Literatures in English.
Facilities and Resources
The Department publishes journals devoted to literary criticism and creative writing:
Access seminal texts about the literature and culture of the Caribbean in the Sidney Martin Library’s West Indies Collection (WIC)
Research
Our faculty does research in diasporic writing, Caribbean literature and criticism. We focus on Caribbean Popular Culture, Speculative Fiction and African film.
Career Opportunities
If you want to:
- Pursue a career as an English Teacher
- Focus on publishing
- Practice journalism
- Become a content creator
- Be a creative writer
- Continue on to Humanities, Administrative or select Social Science postgraduate programmes
Then this degree is for you!
Why Study in Barbados
From Barbados, encounter the rest of the Eastern Caribbean – from festivals to intellectual fora. Explore cross-cultural links between literatures of the Caribbean and the globe by experiencing the landscape, language and culture that inspire internationally acclaimed and new Caribbean/diaspora writers.