BA English

The programme consists of compulsory modules on key thematic concerns but with the flexibility to choose modules on either literature, language, linguistics, or a combination of them. Students will also be able to combine English with an Asian or African language and/or region and take courses on cinema, development, migration, diaspora, etc.

Students must take all compulsory modules in order to proceed to the next year

• Global Shakespeare
• Ways of Reading: Introduction to Critical Theory

Select either a language module OR a module from List A OR an open option at an introductory level to the value of 30 credits

• The novel and its others

Choose modules to the value of at least 60 credits from the list below and/or from List B.

• Fictions of History
• Issues in World Englishes
• Intercultural communication and interaction

Choose a further 30 credits at the appropriate level from List B, C or D OR a language option OR an open option.

• Dissertation in English

Choose 60 credits from the following AND/OR from List B.

• Empire and the Postcolonial: Race Genders, Sexualities
• Southern Spaces
• A special author
• Psychology of multilingualism: social and cognitive aspects
• Development Communication

Choose a further 30 credits, at the appropriate level, from the list below OR a from List B, List C or List D OR a language option OR an open option.

N.B. Not all optional modules will be available every year

• English in the Global World
• Culture in Africa
• Language in Africa
• Chinese 103: History and Culture of China
• Japanese Cultural History to 1600: Power, Belief, Creativity
• Japanese Cultural History 1600 to 1945: Power, Belief, Creativity
• Introduction to Arabic Culture
• Introduction to Israeli Culture
• Introduction to South East Asia
• South Asian Culture

• Southern Spaces
• Literatures of the Near and Middle East
• Contemporary African literature
• South Asian Literature in English
• English Literatures of South East Asia
• War, Revolution and Independence in South East Asian Literatures in Translation
• Nation and Nationalism in Middle Eastern fiction (in Translation)
• The City and the Countryside in South East Asian Literatures
• Persian Poetry in Translation
• Survey of Pre-Modern Japanese Literature in Translation
• Survey of Modern Japanese Literature in Translation
• Literary Traditions and Culture of Korea
• Trajectories of Modernity in Korean Literature
• Under Western Eyes: European Writings on South East Asia

• Introduction to Phonology
• Meaning and Interpretation
• General Linguistics: Understanding Language
• Language, Society and Communication
• Morphology
• Psychology of Language
• Phonetics
• Topics in Lexical Semantics
• Historical Linguistics
• Linguistic Typology
• Extended Essay in Linguistics (A)
• Extended Essay in Linguistics (B)

• South East Asia on Film
• Thailand on Screen (post '97)
• Indonesia on Screen
• Anthropology and Film
• Cinema and Society in South Asia: History and Social Context
• Cinema and Society in South Asia: Key Issues
• Black Urban Studies
• History of Slavery: Britain and Slavery
• African and Asian Cultures in the Diaspora
• The Anthropology of African and Asian Communities in British Society
• The Muslim World: Unity in Diversity
• Perspectives on African experience
• Pop and Politics in East Asia
• New Media and Society
• Perspectives on African experience
• Film Festivals and Film Curating
• African Philosophy
• Nation and Identity in Contemporary Japan
• Gender and Society in Contemporary Japan
• History and Culture of Korea to the late 19th Century

• BA English - Programme Specification (msword; 207kb)

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules