English Literature with German BA (Hons) – 2020 entry
Bachelor's degree
In Guildford
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Guildford
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Duration
3 Years
The English literature part of this course covers a range of literary periods, authors, genres and theories. You’ll analyse classic works, as well as innovative texts and genres, such as travel writing, nineteenthcentury theatre, and beat writing.
The foreign language component is taught almost exclusively in German, giving you high-level language training. You’ll spend your third year on placement in a country where German is spoken, giving you the opportunity to study English literature at one of our partner institutions across Europe and/ or work in one of the many companies with which we have links.
The two elements of this course complement one another and enhance your learning, giving you unique insights into language, literature and culture.
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About this course
We’re one of the UK’s leading universities for literature and languages, with our modern languages and linguistics courses ranked in the UK top 10 by the Guardian University Guide 2020. Our courses are also ranked in the top 10 for creative writing in The Complete University Guide 2020 and in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.
We conduct challenging, forward-thinking teaching and research. Our BA English Literature with German course is innovative and interdisciplinary, allowing you to develop a high level of literary, linguistic and cultural competence.
A Professional Training placement provides you with the opportunity to develop your professional, academic and personal potential, equipping you to be adaptable, resilient, globally minded, confident, entrepreneurial and digitally savvy in the workplace. These qualities are widely recognised by employers and many of our students are offered employment on graduation by their placement provider.
The Professional Training placement year gives our students an insight into their subject and career potential, and early access to professional experience. It can be invaluable in developing work-based skills and helping them secure a graduate career.
If you do not have German at the required level but you have achieved GCSE grade A* in a modern language OR you expect to achieve at least A-level grade B in a modern language, we can consider offering you a place in the German ab initio group. Ab initio study will involve additional contact hours and intensive study of the language during the first year of the programme. Please be aware: English language would not be treated as a modern language.
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Subjects
- German Language
- Translation
- English
- Writing
- IT Development
- Skills and Training
- Creative Writing
- Theatre
- Language
- English Literature
- Creative
Course programme
Module
- AB INITIO LANGUAGE I
- GERMAN LANGUAGE I FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES
- HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE I
- INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING
- THEORIES OF READING I
- UNDERSTANDING DRAMA
- UNDERSTANDING POETRY
- AB INITIO LANGUAGE II
- GERMAN LANGUAGE II FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
- HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE II
- SHAKESPEARE
- THEORIES OF READING II
- THINKING LIKE A WRITER
- UNDERSTANDING THE NOVEL
Students without A level or equivalent in a language will take two ab initio modules in the first year, in place of Language for academic purposes and Language for professional purposes. For all other modules they will join post-A level students.
Year 2
Module
- CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE: POSTCOLONIAL FICTIONS
- ELEMENTS OF NARRATIVE
- GERMAN LANGUAGE III FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
- INTRODUCTION TO TEFL
- MODERNISM
- MONSTERS, MYSTICS AND DEMONS
- ROMANTIC LITERATURE: 1789-1830
- VICTORIAN LITERATURE & CULTURE
- WORLD CINEMA AFTER WWII
- CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE: GENDER AND SEXUALITY
- CONTEMPORARY STORYTELLING
- EARLY MODERN LITERATURE
- GERMANY SINCE 1945: POLITICS, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
- HARDCORE SHAKESPEARE
- HOLLYWOOD AND THE BUSINESS OF FILM
- LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE IN EDUCATION
- SIGNIFICANT OTHERS: VICTORIAN CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS
- THE AMERICAN CENTURY
- THEORISING FILM
Students choose four of the listed optional modules (two in English and two in Languages).
Year 3
Module
- CREATIVE WRITING SUBMISSION
- DISSERTATION
- ADVANCED FILM GENRE
- ADVANCED ORAL AND WRITING SKILLS IN GERMAN
- CREATIVE WRITING AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
- FILM AUTHORS
- FIN-DE-SIÈCLE LITERATURE: DECADENCE, AESTHETICS AND THE OCCULT
- IMMERSIVE THEATRES
- RESEARCH PROJECT
- SCREENWRITING
- THE AGE OF CHIVALRY: MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN ROMANCE
- THE THEATRE AND THE NOVEL
- ADVANCED CREATIVE THEORIES AND PRACTICE
- BEAT WRITING
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
- FROM NOVEL TO FILM
- GERMAN SOCIOLINGUISTICS
- GOTHIC TO GOTH
- LANGUAGE DIVERSITY
- MEDIEVAL WOMEN’S WRITING
- RESEARCH PROJECT
- UNDERSTANDING ANIMATION
The student must choose either ELI3033, ELI3034 or GER3024. If the student chooses ELI3033 or ELI3034, s/he must choose 5 of the listed optional modules, maintaining a balance between the two languages. If the student chooses GER3024, the student must choose GER3029 which becomes a compulsory option. Students should maintain a balance between the two languages.
English Literature with German BA (Hons) – 2020 entry