BA (Hons) English

The course covers different approaches to the study of literature and language, revealing how different methods of analysis and critical reading can lead to competing interpretations of texts. Modules within the degree programme are directed towards:

Literature: literary forms, genres and techniques; literature from the sixteenth century to the present; literary theories and concepts.

Language: the history of the English language; the uses and conventions of English language; socio-linguistics.

Theory: readership and authorship; contemporary critical theories & concepts; contemporaneous critical writings, theories & concepts.

Academic and professional development: employability and transferable skills

YEAR ONE (LEVEL 4)

• Readers and Texts


• Representation and Variation in English


• Studying Literature 1: Narrative and Adaptation


• Studying Literature 2: Form and Meaning


• Studying Literature 3: Drama and Film


• Academic and Professional Development

YEAR TWO (LEVEL 5)

• Early Modern Literature


• Language and Culture


• Modernism


• Romanticism and Beyond


• Texts and Contexts


• Academic and Professional Practice

YEAR THREE (LEVEL 6)

At Level 6 you may write a dissertation and will study the following modules:

• Dissertation


• Reading Ulysses


• Modern Drama


• Postmodern and Contemporary Literature, Culture and Theory


• Writing the Future


• Language and Society