Future prospect for letters student.

Point:

- What is English literature

- What is the importance of literature?

- Benefits of Studying Literature
- What can I do with English literature degree

What is english literature ?

English Literature is a study program that studies English from the

linguistic (language side) and literature in depth. So, what is learned
is not only about speaking (speaking), writing (writing), listening
(listening), and reading (reading) but also learning the culture of the
language.

In English Literature too, you will analyze in depth about cultures and
English as a mother tongue. Meanwhile, in the English Education
Department, you will learn how to teach English. In this case, it
focuses on the ability to become an English teacher. The English
Literature department places great emphasis on communication skills,
both orally and in writing, the ability to read and understand writing,
structured thinking skills, analytical skills, and interpersonal skills.

What is the importance of literature?

The way literature gives relief from anxiety and stress, that not many
subjects can give. You won’t believe but just giving less time to
reading and understanding literature for a very short period of time in
the day can create good health for your brain and it a break from all
the complex thinking. 

Because when we study literature, we start to create that particular

scene in our mind which gives us a good concentration. Watching
movies is also nice but doesn’t need much imagination because we
have the visuals in front of us. Anyone with a short attention span can
give a chance to literature to improve it. Haskins Laboratories for the
Science of the Spoken and Written Word came out with research that
concluded that the brain takes a larger span of time to understand
reading rather than watching media. Because sometimes, the books
and novels get very challenging and complex with many twists within
a story, which makes the brain divert its attention to every minor
detail.

Benefits of Studying Literature

Reading not just only helps in building a good vocab, but also helps in
inculcating a good reasoning ability in children and adults. Literature
introduces you to a rich language, helps you develop and discover
good skills and words, discover a new self, sense the problems in
society by a critical view, explore texts with new perspectives, read
about culture, understand the value of poetry, gain the literary skills of
classics, and develop a good writing sense. They realize the problems
which the other characters face and first-handedly think about the
solution for it. They understand the reasoning of each and every
character and respond to it. You can feel whenever the character in the
book is getting successful or failing a task. Having a good vocabulary
gives good improvement to the communication skills. And eventually
helps in developing work relationships. You can develop and discover
a new view on history (which most think is a boring subject) by your
own self if you study it from a literature point of view.
What can I do with English literature degree

After years of reading literature, analyzing texts for meaning and

drawing conclusions in your own writing, you may wonder how you
can best apply your knowledge in the workplace. While the work you
do after graduation might not look exactly the same as when you were
studying, you will undoubtedly use the finely tuned skills you've
learned in your future role.

MEDIA AND JOURNALISM

A career in the media is as high paying as it is taxing. Careers extend
to everything from scriptwriting, directing, dialogue writing, blogging
and filmmaking. A career in the media is glamorous, but has long
working hours with little to no break. Journalism, on the flip side of
media, pertains to writing about events and opinions, writing articles
for newspapers and being up to date with current events. A career in
journalism entails hard work and persistence, and a flair for using
words to stir people’s emotions.

PUBLISHING
Recently, more and more people opt for freelance work, which means,
they write sporadically for magazines, companies, newspapers and
online journals.They don’t attach themselves to a certain company, or
one fixed job, but are flexible in their approach. Getting started as a
freelancer requires immense talent and tactful time management.
Graduates can take up job at an IT or Digital Marketing sector as a
content writer, copywriter, proof-reader, and editor.

ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

You can take up a job as an advertising copywriter, creative executive
or director, campaign manager, event organizer, PR manager, and
others, as English literature students are known for their creativity,
communication skills, writing skills, imagination, logic and reasoning.
The advertising industry is known for its employees with a different
way of thinking, their quirky and upcoming ideas, and their liberalism.

THEATRE AND ACTING

Acting is one of the many fields you can enter into, without needing a
degree in that specific subject. Many English Literature majors, the
Shakespeare nerds, the drama club kids with a cornucopia of quotes
from Othello, choose to pursue a career in the theatrical arts after they
graduate. An English literature degree equips you with an
understanding of complicated texts and the feelings behind the texts,
which in turns helps them to enact these feelings.

EDUCATION
One of the most common fields English Major Graduates enter into is
education, which has ample prospects. Graduates can either choose to
teach secondary schools, or with further study, can conduct lectures in
universities and colleges. Other than conventional teaching, graduates
can choose to teach English as a second language to foreigners, or can
even get high paying jobs as translators in governments and
consulates.
COPY WRITER
Copy editors revise written material to make it easier to read, and they
can work in a variety of fields, such as journalism, marketing,
academia and advertising. They can edit books, websites, journals,
articles and more.
TECHNICAL WRITER
echnical writers create and simplify technical documents, such as
instructions, manuals, guides and journal articles, to help non-
technical professionals easily understand written materials.