I loved English Literature as an undergrad and then focused on Linguistics in grad school which led to teaching English as a Second Language both here and overseas.
I have a fair few qualifications in a lot of different things, but also spend a lot of time researching things like criminal psychology, mental health, chemical compositions of pills, history and different religions
I love English literature,...
Do
you love English literature?
I love English Literature, but there's not a whole lot you can do in the real world with that major.
Not exact matches
Or this, from a Cambridge lecture by Arthur Quiller - Couch: «Is it possible, gentlemen, that you can have read one, two, thee, or more of the acknowledged masterpieces of
English literature without having it borne in on you that they are great because they are alive, and traffic not with cold celestial certainties, but with men's hopes, aspirations, doubts,
loves, hates, breakings of the heart; the glory and the vanity of human endeavor, the transcience of beauty, the capricious uncertain lease on which you and I hold life, the dark coast to which we inevitably steer; all that amuses, or vexes, all that gladdens, saddens, maddens us men and women on this brief and mutable traject which yet must be home for a while, the anchorage of our hearts?»
She has taught middle school
English for the last 10 years and is passionate about instilling a
love of writing and
literature in the hearts of young learners.
I
love dancing, singing karaoke (I don't sing well... but I sing with purpose), cooking, an unabashed reader (classic
English literature / Epic Poetry / Calvin and Hobbes), I also have a...
Author Bio: Hannah Sayer is a recent
English Literature graduate who
loves watching and writing about cinema.
In the fall of 2009, I returned to my
love of reading and writing
literature by joining the
English Department in the Two Rivers Middle School.
My choice to pursue this field of study and my
love of writing was heavily influenced by several exceptional
English &
Literature teachers who inspired and encouraged me throughout my schooling.
The national curriculum places a strong emphasis on the importance of reading, stating that the overarching aim of
English «is to promote high standards of language and literacy by equipping pupils with a strong command of the spoken and written word, and to develop their
love of
literature through widespread reading for enjoyment.»
In
English courses,
literature is selected not on the grounds of its beauty, renown, or usefulness for teaching prose style, but because it presents desirable moral lessons, such as how boys
love to cook.
She also nurtured my
love for
English literature and grammar, with her tough assignments and valuable critiques of my rough drafts and papers.
The idyllic
English countryside often steals the spotlight in
literature and poetry, but Tom Bullough's deeply moving fourth novel, Addlands, gives the verdant, sweeping beauty of the Welsh hills the
loving portrait it so deserves.
In this brilliant, profound and moving story of
love, guilt and forgiveness, Trevor has written a novel that stands alongside the best
literature in the
English language.
Because of my
love of
literature and the written word, I have a Bachelors of Arts in
English.
Pride And Prejudice, the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters is one of the best -
loved and most enduring classics in
English literature.
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I'd always
loved books from a young age and I studied
English Literature at Nottingham University.
Featuring passages from four classics — Sense and Sensibility, Alice and Wonderland, Jane Eyre, and Pride and Prejudice — avid readers of
English literature will delight in wearing both their
love of words and
English culture.
I'm Kirsten, I'm an
English Literature graduate, and I will never be cured of
loving book stores.
An
English Literature & Creative Writing graduate, Tilly is passionate about writing,
loves to dabble in poetry and enjoys discovering fresh art, design and photography to share with our creative audience.
Her starting point, however, is nearly always books — a nod to her first
love at school,
English literature.
After college, where I majored in
English Literature, I spent years trying my hand at different jobs, from working for a stockbroker on Wall Street (hated it) to working as a silversmith for a jewelry designer in Santa Fe (
loved it).