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Careers
The study of language and literature gives an
understanding of the relationship between art and life and the
world in which we live. Literature gives one the ability to
think critically and objectively, to write clearly and effectively.
A concentration in Literature prepares English
majors for an array of specialized careers. Banks, schools,
hospitals, corporations, government, industries, public relations
offices, newspaper offices, social work areas, publishing
companies, advertisement agencies, small businesses, and professions
like law and public service need critical readers and writers.
The potential for career growth is excellent
and job outlook is good, because literature gives you the
skills employers want most: sensitivity to language, ability
to write and communicate clearly and persuasively, and insight
into processes of creative thinking and feeling.
Some
Career Options for Majors
Academic researcher
Advertising
Advisor/Analyst
Advocate
Banker
Broadcasting artist
Civil Service
Consultation
CopywriterCritic
Critic
Cultural institutions
Curriculum development
Development directorDiplomat
Directing
Distribution client liaison
Education coordinator
Environmentalist |
Film production
Hospitals
Human resources
Jingle writer
Journalist (local, international)
Labor relations
Law/Lawyer
Liaisons office
Librarian
Linguist
Market Research
Military Service
Ministry
Museum curator
Peace Corps
Performer
Playwriting |
Policy maker
Politician
Professor of Literature
Public relations
Public welfare
Publishing
Risk assessment
Social worker administrators
Speech writer
Teaching/ primary
Teaching/ secondary
Tourism
Town planning
Trade unionist
Translation
TV and FilmWriters |
Famous Literature Majors
- David Duchovny earned a M.A. in English
Literature from Yale University. He was only one dissertation
away from earning his PhD, he is also known as ‘the thinking
woman’s pinup” according to critics
- Alan Alda--actor, writer
- Russell Baker--journalist
- Dave Barry--humorist writer, actor
- Linda Bloodworth-Thomason--television writer/producer
(Designing Women, Evening Shade)
- Carol Browner--Head of the Environmental
Protection Agency
- Chevy Chase--comedian, actor, writer
- Mario Cuomo--Governor of New York
- Michael Eisner--Walt Disney CEO
- Jodi Foster--actress, filmmaker
- Kathryn Fuller--World Wildlife Fund CEO
- A. Bartlett Giamatti--President, Yale University
and Commissioner of Baseball
- Cathy Guisewite--cartoonist (Cathy)
- Chris Isaak--songwriter, singer
- Stephen King--novelist
 Paul
Newman--actor, food entrepreneur - Joe Paterno--football coach (Penn State)
- Sally Ride--astronaut
- Joan Rivers--comedienne
- Diane Sawyer--broadcast journalist
- Paul Simon--songwriter, singer
- Brooke Shields –French Literature
- Steven Spielberg--filmmaker
- Marty Shottenheimer--Coach of Kansas City
Chiefs
- Sigourney Weaver--actress
- Superman (Christopher Reeve)--journalist,
superhero
- Brandon Tartikoff--television executive
- Clarence Thomas--U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- Grant Tinker--TV Executive and Producer
- Harold Varmus--Nobel laureate in medicine,
Director of National Institutes of Health
- Barbara Walters--broadcast journalist
- Pete Wilson--Governor of California
- Bob Woodward--journalist, writer (All the President's
Men)
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