English Language and Literature

[SECTION:why]I first became interested in English in year 11, when we began to read Shakespeare's Macbeth. I came to be intrigued with the use of techniques that Shakespeare used, like rhyming couplets. My ultimate goal with getting an English degree is to become an English teacher; I am motivated t

As a female born and raised in Saudi Arabia, the literature I was exposed to was strictly censored and homogeneous, in order to keep our minds 'pure'. For example, nonconformist literary themes, such as promiscuity and political critique, are often removed from the works within which they occur. Whi

I have never been able to perceive language and literature as separate disciplines. Rather, I have viewed them as a single academic unit: a literary work relies on the elements of language to facilitate its expression, and language inherits meaning through its place in literature. This intrinsic lin