Classical Literature and English BA

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Bachelor's degree

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Duration

    3 Years

Explore literature from the ancient world to contemporary Britain with this wide-ranging degree, which puts English literature into the context of its classical heritage.
Core modules will introduce you to key classical texts such as the Iliad and Aeneid, as well as poetry, prose and drama in English across literary periods. However, the diverse research interests at Leeds mean we can offer an impressive array of optional modules, so you can follow your interests in ancient literature alongside a full range of English topics.
You could study Herodotus and historical writing, Ovid or Greek tragedy, as well how Dante and contemporary authors have engaged with their classical forbears. Then you could explore African literature, language in the media or folklore and mythology.
Classical texts are taught in translation, so you don’t need to have studied an ancient language. However, we offer Ancient Greek and Latin in every year of the degree if you want to learn or continue with either.
Leeds has plenty of useful resources for students of both English and Classics. Aside from a huge array of scholarly material on both subjects, the world class Brotherton Library holds a wide variety of manuscripts, as well as archive and early printed material in its Special Collections.
Our other library resources are also excellent, and the University Library offers a comprehensive training programme to help you make the most of them.

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Leeds (West Yorkshire)
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University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

Start date

On request

About this course

A Joint Honours degree in Classical Literature and English provides you with in-depth knowledge of a rich literary tradition, and will equip with you with deep cultural awareness. You’ll also leave with valuable transferable skills that are highly valuable to employers.
You’ll be a confident researcher who is capable of working both individually and in a team, and you’ll have analytical and problem-solving skills. You’ll be able to think critically about information from different sources, draw your own conclusions and present and defend them clearly using your advanced communication skills. Managing two subjects will also equip you with organisational and time management skills.

A-level: AAB including A in English and excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking
Other course specific tests:
Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be ABB at A Level including A in English (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) and grade A in the EPQ.

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Subjects

  • Greek
  • Latin
  • Translation
  • Classics
  • English
  • Drama
  • Prose
  • Poetry
  • Writing
  • Media
  • Project
  • University

Course programme

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer optional and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects.

You’ll spend your first year taking core modules that introduce you to Greek and Latin literature in translation, as well as taking a foundational module in English studies and choosing to study either poetry or drama. You’ll also have the chance to take discovery modules from a range of subjects across the University – an option that will be open to you throughout the degree.

In the following year you’ll build on this foundation. Core modules will allow you to study two of the foundational works of Western literature, the Iliad and the Aeneid, as well as English literature in a choice of historical periods. You’ll also choose from an impressive variety of optional modules in both subjects, allowing you to tailor your degree to suit your interests.


Your final year offers even more flexibility, as you take your choice of core modules in English and then select from an even wider range of options. You’ll also have the opportunity to demonstrate the critical and research skills you’ve acquired when you undertake an independently researched final year project on a topic of your choice.

Modules

Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • After Troy: Homecoming in Greek Epic and Tragedy
  • Latin Literature: Republic and Empire
  • Studying and Researching English
  • Foundations of English Studies

Optional modules
  • Ancient Lives
  • Intermediate Ancient Greek
  • Intermediate Latin
  • Beginners Ancient Greeks
  • Beginners Latin
  • Prose: Reading and Interpretationts
  • Poetry: Reading and Interpretation
  • Drama: Reading and Interpretation
  • LCS Academic Essentials

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Evidence and Enquiry in Classics

Optional modules
  • Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 2)
  • Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections
  • The Athenian Empire
  • Intermediate Latin (Level 2)
  • Ovid the Innovator
  • Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel (Level 2 module)
  • Augustus and his Legacy
  • Subversive Desires: Roman Love Elegy
  • Virgil's Aeneid
  • Greek Art and Society
  • Homer's Iliad
  • Greek Tragedy
  • Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 2)
  • Ancient Empires: Power and Control
  • African American Narrative: Eight Major Works
  • Dialect and Heritage
  • Students into Schools
  • Victorian Literature
  • American Words, American Worlds, 1900-Present

Year 3

Optional modules
  • Advanced Ancient Language
  • Major Research Project
  • Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections
  • The Athenian Empire
  • Ovid the Innovator
  • Satyrs and Donkeys: The Latin Novel
  • The Ancient Greek Novel
  • Modern Literature
  • Postcolonial Literature
  • Contemporary Literature
  • Shakespeare
  • Final Year Project
  • Queens, Vikings, poets and dragons: Old English and early medieval Britain
  • Quiet Rebels and Unquiet Minds: writing to contemporary anxiety
  • Aesthetic Movements of the Nineteenth Century
  • Milton
  • Language of the Media
  • Contemporary South African Writing
  • Surrealism and the French Stage
  • The Poetry of Wordsworth

Classical Literature and English BA

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