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BA English Literature and Media & Film Studies

University of Worcester

Institution
University of Worcester
Level
undergraduate
Subject
English Literature and Media & Film Studies
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
QP34
Typical offer
A-level BCC

Entry requirements

UCAS tariff points: 104 A-level: BCC BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM T-level: M

About this course

BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and Film Studies, combining literary study with film and media analysis. Core topics include Research Methods, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course includes an Independent Research Project in which students analyse a textual, theoretical or practical problem of their choice, and a Work Project module involving collaboration with local community organisations.

Modules

  • Literary Forms and Genres
  • Ways of Reading, Ways of Writing
  • Writing Worcester Past and Present
  • Studying Media & Film
  • Identity, Representation and Diversity
  • New Waves and Popular Cinemas
  • Exploring the Canon: Literary Theory and Practice
  • Screen Cultures
  • Movement and Migration
  • Politics, Sex and Identity in the Early Modern World
  • Shakespeare: Stage, Page and Screen
  • Gothic and Romantic Literature
  • Spaces of Modernity
  • Children’s Literature
  • Work Project
  • Researching Media & Film: Theories & Methods
  • Contemporary British Cultures
  • Audio Cultures
  • Philosophies of Gender & Sexuality
  • Beyond the Mainstream
  • Digital Campaigns
  • Festivals & Celebrations
  • Independent Research Project (Dissertation equivalent module)
  • Justice and Revenge: from Tragedy to the Western
  • Postcolonial Encounters
  • Writing and the Environment
  • War and Conflict
  • Gendering Voices
  • Literatures and Cultures: International Explorations
  • Queer Bodies, Queer Texts
  • Metamorphoses: Literature and Adaptation
  • Writing Reviews in Media and Film Studies
  • War, Democracy and the Media
  • Immersive Media
  • Film and Folk Literature
  • Making Monsters
  • Pornography and Modern Cultures
  • Literature and Culture