BA English Literature (Study Abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in English Literature (Study Abroad), an English Literature degree examining various literary forms, genres, and cultural contexts from antiquity to the present day. Core topics include Critical & Analytical Thinking, Historical Research, and Research Methods. Students spend the third year studying abroad at an international partner university and complete an independent research project in the final year through the English Literature Dissertation module. The first year builds foundational knowledge through core modules such as Literature in Time and World Literatures, with options including Introduction to Creative Writing and Foundations of Language. The second year focuses on theoretical approaches and media transformation through compulsory modules like Critical Theory, Critical Practice, and Literary Adaptation, alongside optional choices such as Victorian Literature and American Literature. Following the international year abroad, the final year centers on the English Literature Dissertation alongside specialized optional modules including Romanticism, Modernism, and Gothic and Science Fiction.
Modules
- Literature in Time
- World Literatures
- Literature and Place
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
- Foundations of Language
- History of Philosophy: Ideas that Shaped the West
- Raw Materials of Performance
- Understanding Media and Culture
- The Arts and Identity (Discovery module)
- Critical Theory
- Critical Practice
- Literary Adaptation
- Medieval to Early Modern Literature
- Postcolonial Literature
- American Literature
- Victorian Literature
- Writing Fiction
- Taking an Idea and Making it Happen (Discovery module)
- Your Year Abroad
- English Literature Dissertation
- Contemporary Literature
- Romanticism
- Literature and Environment
- Special Topics in Theory
- Austen and the Brontës
- Gothic and Science Fiction
- Shakespeare
- Modernism
- The Use and Abuse of History
- Global Film Genres
- Live Performance Criticism
- Queer Futures (Discovery module)
- Artistic Fusions (Discovery module)