English Literature
UCAS Code: Q300
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
96 UCAS Points from a minimum of 2 A Levels (or equivalent), including grade C in English Language or English Literature.
UCAS Tariff Points accepted.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
3 GCSEs at grade 4 or above.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
96 UCAS Tariff points acquired from BTEC Level 3 Diplomas in a related subject are accepted.
UCAS Tariff points from Scottish Advanced Highers are accepted. UCAS Tariff points from Scottish Highers are accepted.
UCAS Tariff
From a minimum of 2 A Levels (or equivalent), including grade C in English Language or English Literature.
About this course
Learn how different societies have shaped English literature, and how English literature has shaped society. Become a self-reliant researcher as well as developing the skills required for the modern world of work.
-Explore classic literary texts alongside genres including sc-fi and children’s literature
-Improve your writing skills, both critical and creative
-Engage with the global publishing industry
-Learn from the author who wrote the book on Studying English Literature
Our BA (Hons) English Literature will help you understand the importance of English literature; how it is affected by the culture, language, technology and economics of the period, but also how it influences readers and society itself.
By studying English literature, you will also be exploring a range of other subjects, including history, politics, philosophy, religion, psychology and the history of art.
You will be encouraged to work and think independently, helping you become self-reliant and critically adaptive, with the ability to consider perspectives that are different to your own or to popular opinion. Some exercises will involve you in group work, presenting ideas and information or finding solutions to problems with others, promoting your interpersonal skills and your ability to negotiate.
As well as developing skills such as literacy and communication, which are important for any future career, you will become well-versed in the specific methods of literary research, such as bibliographies, databases and information technology.
Our optional modules will also give you the chance to practise and develop your own creative writing, as well as explore the processes of the modern publishing industry. Other options you can take include Writing World War One, Black British Fiction, Theorising Children’s Literature and Renaissance Magic. In Year 3, you can develop your own interests and independent research skills by undertaking a short or long Major Project on a subject of your choice, working with a member of staff with expertise in your chosen area.
Your studies will be supported throughout the course by our team of English literature and writing experts. These include Course Leader Dr Tory Young, (author of Studying English Literature, a text used on many other University courses as well as our own), Dr Una McCormack (Star Trek The Fall: The Crimson Shadow and Doctor Who: Royal Blood), Professor Eugene Giddens (Lewis Carroll’sAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass: A Publishing History) and Professor Sarah Annes Brown (A Familiar Compound Ghost: Allusion and the Uncanny).
Modules
Year one, core modules
A History of English Literature, from the present to 1789
Introduction to Imaginative Writing: Prose Fiction
Gods and Heroes
Reading Literature and Theory
Myth and Magic
Writing Matters
A History of English Literature from Chaucer to Equiano
Year one, optional modules
Fundamentals of Publishing
Introduction to Imaginative Writing: Poetry and Plays
Year two, core modules
Romantic Conflicts
Postcolonial Writing
Modernism and the City
Victorian Literature and Culture
The European Novel: Transgressive Desires
Year two, optional modules
Writing World War One: Trauma, Memory, Resistance
Myth and Medievalism
Special Topic 1: Bible and Literature
Dialogue and Debate: More to Milton
The History of the Book
Black British Writing
News and Feature Writing
Writing Short Fiction
Year three, core modules
Major Project
or
Independent Research Project (English Literature)
Theorising Children's Literature
Spectacle and Representation in Renaissance Drama
Contemporary Fiction
Year three, optional modules
Elizabeth Gaskell and the Brontës
World Literature
Renaissance Magic
Modern Science Fiction
Decade: the Literature of the 1xx0s
Special Topic 2: Modernism
Writing Poetry
Romantic Idealism
Literature and Exile: Displacement, Identity, Self
Publishing in Practice
Literature and Medicine
Employability for English Literature
Optional modules available all years
Anglia Language Programme
Assessment methods
To show your progress towards becoming a reflective and autonomous learner, you will undertake a variety of assessment methods, including: critical reflection; essays; portfolios; reviews; oral presentations; written examinations and discussion boards.
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