BA English with World Literature
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall with no score less than 4 and including 6 in Higher Level English or pass the IB Diploma plus 6,5,5 in 3 HL subjects including 6 in Higher Level English. BTEC: Applications considered. BTEC in a humanities-related subject plus A level English at grade A required
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature, exploring global literary frameworks alongside historical texts. Core topics include Research Methods and Communication & Writing. The curriculum features specialized modules covering medieval literature to contemporary postcolonial theory, alongside optional training in professional development.
Modules
- ATTITUDES TO ENGLISH
- CLOSE READING
- INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LITERATURE 1: PLACES AND LOCATIONS
- WAYS OF READING
- INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LITERATURE 2: THEORY AND PRACTICE
- WORLD DRAMA
- KNIGHTS, ENCHANTRESSES AND ROGUES, 1100-1500
- DRAMA 1580-1640
- RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE: MILTON TO JOHNSON
- PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
- VICTORIAN LITERATURE
- BRITISH WRITING SINCE 1945: FICTION AND DRAMA
- WRITING MAGAZINES / MAGAZINE WRITING: HISTORY, LITERATURE AND THE PERIODICAL
- THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH: VARIATION AND CHANGE
- PROFESSIONAL AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC SPEAKING
- ITALY, AFRICA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN: FROM THE FASCIST EMPIRE TO THE PRESENT
- WEIMAR FILM AND LITERATURE: THE CITY AND MODERNITY
- LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY
- SHAKESPEARE IN CONTEXT
- ROMANTIC LITERATURE
- MODERNIST LITERATURE
- MULTILINGUALISM IN SOCIETY
- CHILD LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
- POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE AND THEORY
- AMERICAN POETIC WRITING SINCE 1930
- NOIR: LITERATURE, FILM, ART
- BREAKING THE SENTENCE: LITERATURE AND FEMINISMS
- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- LANGUAGE AND GLOBALIZATION
- MILLENNIAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
- CREATIVE WRITING (DRAMA)
- TERROR REMEMBERED: REPRESENTING TRAUMATIC HISTORIES IN LATIN AMERICA, EUROPE AND ASIA
- REMEMBERING SLAVERY
- SPECIAL TOPIC: LITERATURE
- HUMAN/NON-HUMAN ENCOUNTERS IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
- THE NOVEL: 1740-1830
- THE FIN DE SIECLE: LITERATURE AND CULTURE 1880-1910
- GOTHIC FICTION AND FILM
- WRITING FOR RADIO: BROADCASTING IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITAIN AND IRELAND
- JAMES JOYCE: A WRITING LIFE
- GAMES PLAYING ROLES
- CONTEMPORARY DRAMA
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
- ANALYSING DISCOURSE
- LANGUAGE AND GENDER
- COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS: MEMORY AND TRANSCULTURAL MOBILITY
- FROM KUNG FU TO ANIME: TRAJECTORIES IN EAST ASIAN CINEMA
- SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WORK PLACEMENTS MODULE
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION (OVER BOTH SEMESTERS)