English Literature
University of Brighton
UCAS Code: Q320 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
University of Brighton
UCAS Code: Q320 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
A-levels must include English language or combined English language and literature.
Access to HE Diploma
Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits, to include at least 45 credits at Level 3. Access courses in Humanities, History or Politics are preferred.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Must include three subjects at Higher Level.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Or equivalent combination of grades.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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About this course
At Brighton, our English Literature degree offers a fresh, modern approach while honouring the rich history of writing.
You will dive into classic topics like Shakespeare and Victorian sexualities, but also explore contemporary issues like Black British literature, identity, and diversity. Our course takes a multidisciplinary, decolonised approach, connecting literature to philosophy, art history, to media, and making it relevant to today’s world.
You will have the freedom to explore your literary passions, from poetry and novels to comics, gaming, and social media, with opportunities for placements and live projects.
Our graduates leave us with vital employability skills in critical thinking, project management, and communication.
**TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE**
- Staff are active researchers and writers who bring their expertise to your learning.
- Option modules in the second and third years enable you to tailor your degree to your specific career ambitions.
- Scrivener talks give you the chance to speak to a professional writer about their work.
- Extracurricular activities such as the Performance and Community Research and Enterprise Group and the student-led Creative Writing Society.
- Our focus on employability, including a placement, ensures you will graduate with a strong skill set.
- Develop valuable transferable skills as a critical thinker, independent researcher with excellent presentation, written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent student support and a warm and encouraging community.
- Weekly roundup of writing competitions and opportunities to encourage you to promote your work and consider future careers.
- Professional feedback on any aspect of your writing from our resident Royal Literary Fund Fellow.
Modules
Year 1
Textual Encounters: Reading, Writing, Thinking
Stories and Storytelling
Poetry-Politics-Protest
The World, the Text and the Critic
Staging Politics
Enlightenment to Romanticisms
Year 2
The Nineteenth Century in Literature
Early Modern Literature
Twentieth-century Literary Experiments
British Literature and Twentieth-century History
Options*
Writing for Stage, Radio and Screen
Documentary Filmmaking: Theory and Practice
Travel Narratives through Time and Space
Introduction to Journalism
Stories that Transform: Reading and Writing for Change
Queer Writing
Literature and Art History
Image and Text: The Language of Comics and Graphic Novel
Early Modern Literature
British Literature and Twentieth-century History
Professional Practice and Placement
American Literature 1850–1960
Writing for State, Radio and Screen
Photography: From Painting with Light to Zeros and Ones
Final Year
Dissertation
Options*
Community Placement: Theory in Practice
Russian Literature and Culture: The Golden Age and Beyond
(Re)viewing Shakespeare
Apocalypse, Utopia, Dystopia
Literature and Philosophy
Postwar American Literature
Literature and the World Wars
Women's Writing and Feminist Theory
Restoration Dramas
Adaptions
Citizen Journalism: Theory and Practice
From Script to Screen
Creative Writing Project
Conflict, Migration, Borders
Gothic Texts and Contexts
Victorian Sexualities
Brighton Rocks
Writing the Contemporary
Postcolonial Literatures
European Literatures and Film
World Englishes
Language, Gender and Sexuality
Approaches to Analysing Discourse
Popular Culture: Europe and Beyond
Autobiography and the Screen
*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.
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