Drama and English Literature
De Montfort University
UCAS Code: QWJ4 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
in English Language or Literature
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
preferably including grade B or above in English Language or Literature
UCAS Tariff
- From at least 2 A Levels including grade C or above in A Level English Language or Literature - Five GCSEs A*-C (9-4) including English Language or Literature
About this course
This dynamic course is informed by contemporary methods of performance making, current scholarly thinking, and historical theatrical traditions. You will learn from researchers and guest practitioners, and engage critically and creatively with varied modules which will help you to put performance into context. We will support you to develop your own artistic vision based on your personal interests and aspirations, to grow in confidence showcasing your work.
You will explore techniques that underpin acting and performing for the stage, gain a broad understanding of the history of theatre and performance from Ancient Greece to contemporary performance art, and investigate theatre as a vehicle for social change in politics and education.
Gain real-world experience through placements and internships, get involved in professional performances, and broaden your horizons with theatre trips at home and abroad – all of which will prepare you for a range of careers in the arts industry.
This joint-honours course enables you to inform your studies alongside one of the following subjects.
* Drama studied with Creative Writing enables students to explore creative uses of language.
* Drama and English Literature emphasises both disciplines’ interest in written texts.
* Drama and Arts and Festivals Management combines creative performance with the theory and practice of managing arts industries.
* Drama and Media reflects the importance of media in contemporary performance.
You will study 50 per cent Drama and 50 per cent of your other subject.? ?
**Key features:**
* DMU is recognised as a Centre for Excellence in Performance Arts, with our sophisticated facilities ?providing specialist studios and rehearsal spaces designed specifically for drama and performance learning activities.
* Our lively curriculum ?gives you the opportunity to engage critically with research and the practices of drama, theatre and performance, helping you to develop your own artistic vision.
* Enhance your learning, broaden your outlook and open up career opportunities by combining Drama with a related subject.
* Benefit from our long-standing partnership with Leicester’s iconic Curve ?theatre. Opportunities include internships, work placements and the chance to work on or perform in an annual production, ?which have included ?Lorca’s Blood Wedding and Lucy Prebble’s Enron.
* Extensive performance opportunities including ?Exit Souls: The Drama Festival showcases students’ diverse work to a public audience each year.
* Expand your horizons with international experiences ?through ?DMU Global. Our students have attended the Drama Theatre Festival in Liège, Belgium at the world-renowned International University Theatre Reunion.
* Our graduates have gone on to work in theatre companies, community arts organisations and have forged careers in media and technical theatre production.
Modules
Year One
• Acting, Scripting, Directing: A Practical Introduction to Drama
• Texts and Stages
Year Two
• Drama and Theory
• Devising
• Naturalism and Anti-naturalism
• Shakespeare in Performance
• Drama and the Community
Year Three
• Drama Research Project or Practice as Research
• Writing for Performance
• Live Art
• Engaging with Creative Industries
• Popular and Political Theatre
• Education and Performing Arts
Assessment methods
You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, group work and self-directed study. Assessment is through coursework (presentations, essays and reports) and usually an exam.
Drama staff have expertise in a number of different fields, including: Shakespeare in performance, popular theatre, applied drama, directing, language and performance, 20th-century modernist drama and the avant-guarde, 20th-century women playwrights, performer training, performance and documentation, theatre and translation, performance and the body, gender and performance, live art and contemporary performance practice.
Visiting lecturers, actors, practitioners, directors and theatre companies further enhance your learning. We are dedicated to the student experience more widely, and run extra and co-curricular activities and events throughout the year.
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Leicester Campus
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English is one of the most popular degree subjects and in 2015, more than 11,000 students graduated with English degrees - although this does represent a fall from recent years. As good communication is so important to modern business, you can find English graduates in all parts of the economy, although obviously, you can't expect to get a job in science or engineering (computing is a different matter - it's not common but good language skills can be useful in the computing industry). There's little difference in outcomes between English language and English literature degrees, so don't worry and choose the one that suits you best. More English grads took another postgraduate course when they finished their degree than grads from any other subject - this is an important option. Teacher training was a common choice of second degree, as was further study of English, and journalism courses. But many English graduates changed course and trained in law, marketing or other languages -or even subjects further afield such as computing, psychology and even nursing. This is a very flexible degree which gives you a lot of options
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