B.A. English Literature
Bachelor's degree
In Aberystwyth
Description
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Bachelor's degree
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Location
Aberystwyth (Wales)
The study of literature is an enriching, eye-opening experience that fosters the development of new ideas, as well as an understanding of our shared history and culture. Students who study English Literature at Aberystwyth University develop their own powers of expression, empathy and critical thinking grounded in a detailed and broad understanding of literary history.
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English Language Requirements Take IELTS test
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Subjects
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- English
- Writing
- American Literature
- History
- Greek
- Literary Theory
- Literature
- Reading Theory
- Reading Text
Course programme
Year 1 Core (60 Credits) You must take the following modules:
Semester 1- Encountering Texts
- Re-writing, Re-visioning Texts
- Ancestral Voices
Year 1 Options You should choose other level 1 modules totalling 60 credits from the following list (you may substitute up to 40 credits of these with elective modules offered by other departments)
Semester 1- Greek And Roman Epic And Drama
- American Literature 1819-1925
- History Of Greek And Roman Ideas
- Contemporary Writing
Year 2 Core (40 Credits) You must take the following:
Semester 1- Literary Theory: Debates And Dialogues
- Literary Modernisms
Year 2 Options You should choose at least 20 credits from the following modules:
Semester 2- Nineteenth Century Literature
- Literature Since 1945
Year 2 Options You may choose up to 40 credits from the following modules:
Semester 1- Contemporary Queer Fiction
- Writing Women For The Public Stage, 1670-1780
- Asian American Literature
- Shakespeare, Jonson And Company
- Demons, Degenerates And New Women: Fin De Siecle Fictions
- Forms Of Children's Narrative Prose
Year 2 Options You should choose at least 20 credits from the following modules:
Semester 1- The Shapes Of Tragedy
- Place And Self
Final Year Core (60 Credits) You must take the following:
Semester 1- Reading Theory/ Reading Text
- Undergraduate Dissertation
- Undergraduate Dissertation
Final Year Options You should choose 60 credits from the following modules
Semester 1- Elizabethan Drama: Hieronimo To Hamlet
- Victorian Childhoods
- Twentieth Century Welsh Writing In English
- Romantic Eroticism
- Reimagining The World Wars: Contemporary Historical Fictions
- Haunting Texts: Victorian And Modern Ghost Stories
- Poetry But Not As We Know It-uk Poetry Since 70s-remapping
- Detective And Crime Fiction
- A Virtuous Vice? The True History Of The English Novel ....
- Twentieth Century American Literature
B.A. English Literature