BA (Hons) English Literature and Journalism
Bachelor's degree
In Hatfield
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Hatfield
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
Different dates available
You’ll follow a flexible programme of study, which introduces you to the methods and approaches of different disciplines, allowing you to concentrate on areas you find especially interesting.
You’ll benefit from an intensive, engaging degree designed to improve your confidence and communication skills supported by a community of practitioners and theorists. This combined degree not only develops the skills of research, literary scholarship and storytelling but also equips you to use these skills powerfully across a whole range of modern-day media platforms.
In your first year, a core literature module will equip you to read and interpret both traditional and contemporary literary texts critically, as a scholar of English literature. Alongside this you can choose to revisit Shakespeare and consider his cultural relevance today through fictional, cinematic and TV adaptations; or deepen your understanding of Gothic writing by tracing its origins back to the Romantic era. In the first year of your journalism studies, you will be introduced to three key skills—research, writing and interviewing and think about the ethical dilemma journalists face every day.
In your second year, you’ll focus on period-based literature from the Renaissance onwards and gain an understanding of literary history; from Elizabethan verse and drama, via Augustan poetry and the emergence of the novel in the 18th century, to the radical transformations of the Victorian age, and the emergence of modernity in the twentieth century. You’ll also have the opportunity to consider ways of reading that go beyond textual analysis or historical context, such as understanding literature through the political or ideological lens of Marxism, feminism and post-colonial theory. In journalism, you will learn the skills of broadcast radio, how to find news, create a magazine and study some of the great journalism campaigns from Watergate to the Black Lives Matter campaigns.
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About this course
Are you a passionate reader who enjoys writing? On this course you’ll grow from a passionate reader into a critical thinker and literary scholar; you’ll develop your practical and professional writing skills, look behind the scenes at how the media works, and get some hands-on experience that employers are really looking for. You’ll be equipped to use your skills powerfully across a whole range of modern-day media.
We’ll introduce you to writers who will open doors to contemporary worlds and cultures, remote from your own, and help you explore more familiar literature in ways that challenge your preconceptions. This means you’ll study literature written in English by writers from all parts of the globe, whose voices are relevant and important in our modern world. You’ll also develop your journalistic skills in exciting ways: you’ll learn the different requirements of writing ‘news’ and ‘features’, while learning how to carry out research, conduct interviews, and structure your writing in order to get published.
You’ll be taught by academic staff who bring fresh thinking to our accessible, engaging courses. Some are active researchers of international standing, who bring their own passion for their discipline into the classroom; others are dynamic teachers with extensive industry experience.
UCAS points 104
A Level BCC
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Subjects
- English
- Writing
- Media
- Journalism Skills
- Radio
- American Literature
- Shakespeare
Course programme
Degree programmes are structured into levels, 4, 5 and 6. These correspond to your first, second and third/final year of study. Below you can see what modules you’ll be studying in each.
Level 4
Module
- Introduction to Media Communications
- Introduction to Journalism
- Journalism, Law and Ethics
- Global Media and Society
- Texts Up Close: Reading and Interpretation
- Make it New: Literary Tradition and Experimentation
- Border Crossings: Modern Literature from around the World
- Shakespeare Reframed
- Journeys and Quests: Adventures in Literature
- Identity and Contemporary Writing
- American Voices: Introduction to US Literature and Culture
- Romantic Origins & Gothic Afterlives
Module
- Ways of Reading: Literature and Theory
- Graduate Skills
- Journalism Skills: Features
- Journalism Skills: News
- A Nation of Readers: British Identity and Enlightenment Culture
- Studies in Twentieth Century Literature, 1900-1945
- American Literature to 1900
- Twentieth Century North American Writing
- Radio Journalism
- Social Media
- Images of Contemporary Society: British Literature and the Politics of Identity
- Age of Transition: the Victorians and Modernity
- Literature at Work
- Revisiting the Renaissance
Module
- Renaissance Tragedy
- Eighteenth Century Bodies
- Literature Project
- Between the Acts: Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature 1890-1920
- Postmodern Genders
- Children's Literature:Growing up in Books
- Native American Literature
- East End Fictions: Interdisciplinary Studies of London's East End
- Worlds Apart 1: Utopian & Dystopian Writing
- Texts and Screens: Studies in Literary Adaptation
- The Golden Age: Victorian Children's Literature
- African-American Literature
- Generation Dead: Young Adult Fiction and the Gothic
- Online Journalism
- Journalism Skills Portfolio
- Twenty-first Century American Writing
- Euro-Crime on Page and Screen
- International Politics and Reporting Global News
Additional information
EU Students Fee
Full time - £13450 for the 2021/2022 academic year
International Students Fee
Full time - £13450 for the 2021/2022 academic year
BA (Hons) English Literature and Journalism