BA (Hons) English Literature with Creative Writing

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Bachelor's degree

In Ormskirk

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Ormskirk

  • Duration

    3 Years

This degree enables you to feed your passion for the written word while developing essential communication skills which are highly valued by employers. We want you to be inspired by literature, from classic to contemporary works, and will introduce you to influential theoretical and critical approaches. You will also be encouraged to live the writing life and learn to read as a writer, developing creative writing skills and a creative philosophy, underpinned by reflection. The programme is ideal if you have a passion for reading and writing and a desire to know more about the motivations and impact of literature on societies. You will explore the ideas that lie behind published literature in all its forms and demonstrate how to use language creatively through your own compositions.

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Location

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Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

Start date

On request

About this course

Typical careers for English Literature graduates include teaching (further training required), speech therapy, library work, media, journalism, arts administration, publishing, public and voluntary sectors, and managerial work. Alternatively, you may wish to progress to further study or research in English Literature.

Typical careers for Creative Writing graduates include working in media, education, advertising, publishing, information technology, radio or television, business, and the theatre. Alternatively, you may wish to progress to further study or research in Creative Writing.

120 UCAS Tariff points on the new UCAS Tariff, preferably to include A Level English or equivalent.

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Subjects

  • Writing
  • English
  • Poetry
  • Creative Writing
  • English Literature
  • Writing Short Stories
  • Romanticism
  • Drama
  • Literary Publication
  • Female Body
  • Criminality
  • Vampire Fictions
  • Gothic Romanticism

Course programme

Year 1

LIT1020 Ways of Reading (20 credits)

LIT1021 Critical Theories (20 credits)

LIT1022 Introduction to Literary Periods and Genres 1 (20 credits)

LIT1023 Introduction to Literary Periods and Genres 2 (20 credits)

WRI1018 Introduction to Poetry (20 credits)

WRI1019 Introduction to Fiction (20 credits)

Language modules in French, Spanish or Mandarin, delivered at the Edge Hill Language Centre, are available to study as an integral part of this degree. A single Language module can be studied instead of LIT1023 Introduction to Literary Periods and Genres 2.

Year 2

WRI2023 The Art of Poetry (20 credits)

WRI2024 Writing Short Stories (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

LIT2040 Renaissance Literature: Self and Society (20 credits)

LIT2048 Renaissance Drama (20 credits)

LIT2049 Literature 1660-1760 (20 credits)

LIT2050 Romanticism (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules. It may also be possible to select one or both of these additional modules from the remaining Year 2 options above.

LIT2027 Texts in Motion: Film Adaptation (20 credits)

LIT2041 Literature Dissertation Project (20 credits)

LIT2042 Literature and Globalisation (20 credits)

LIT2043 Literatures of Conflict (20 credits)

LIT2044 About Love (20 credits)

LIT2045 Modern American Literature: 1865 to the Present Day (20 credits)

LIT2046 Pilgrims Progress: British Children's Literature from the 18th Century to the Present Day (20 credits)

LIT2047 Producing a Literary Publication (20 credits)

LIT2051 Special Author 1 (20 credits)

LIT2052 Satire in the Long Eighteenth Century (20 credits)

LIT2053 Writing the Female Body (20 credits)

LIT2054 Writing the Supernatural (20 credits)

LIT2055 Rogues' Gallery: Crime and Criminality in the Long 19th Century (20 credits)

LIT2056 Vampire Fictions (20 credits)

If you studied a Language module in Year 1, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 2. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Year 3

WRI3021 Poetry and Innovative Form (20 credits)

WRI3022 Advanced Fiction (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

LIT3040 The Victorians At Work (20 credits)

LIT3041 The Victorians At Play (20 credits)

LIT3042 Modernisms (20 credits)

LIT3043 Contemporary Literature in English (20 credits)

You will select a total of 40 credits from the following modules. It may also be possible to select some or all of these credits from the remaining Year 3 options above.

LIT3034 Gothic Romanticism (20 credits)

LIT3039 Literature Dissertation (40 credits)

LIT3044 Early American Literature: 1500-1865 (20 credits)

LIT3045 Hosting a Literary Festival (20 credits)

LIT3046 Narratives of Nation and Empire (20 credits)

LIT3047 Neo-Victorian Literature and Culture (20 credits)

LIT3048 Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll: Young Adult Fiction (20 credits)

LIT3049 Special Author 2 (20 credits)

LIT3050 Sexuality and Subversion (20 credits)

LIT3051 The Shakespeare Problem (20 credits)

LIT3052 Late-Victorian Gothic (20 credits)

LIT3124 Dickens and Popular Culture (20 credits)

LIT3125 Speculative Fiction (20 credits)

If you studied Language modules in Years 1 and 2, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 3. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.

Additional information

International students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18 are £11,575 per annum.


How will I be assessed?

You will be assessed through a combination of coursework and formal tests or examinations. This includes essays, short analyses, reports and close readings, oral presentations and group work for English Literature modules, alongside creative practice, critical practice and reflection for Creative Writing modules. Emphasis is placed on work produced in your own time or formally presented in class.

Who will be teaching me?

You will be taught by an enthusiastic and approachable team of English Literature tutors and professional writers whose work has been widely published, broadcast and staged. Members of the programme team have been successful in winning national research awards from bodies such as the British Academy, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and The Leverhulme Trust.

BA (Hons) English Literature with Creative Writing

£ 9,250 + VAT