Drama and English Literature, BA Hons
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Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Duration
3 Years
Join an exciting and challenging Drama & English Literature degree that will help you become a future industry leader. Develop the skills for Creative Arts, Performing Arts or literary careers.
On our innovative Drama and English Literature degree, you'll be taught by world-leading academics and theatre practitioners. You spend half of your time at the Bathway Theatre - a specialist drama facility with six studios and a flexible theatre space - and half at Greenwich Maritime campus.
As part of this course, you'll study literature, visual narratives, fiction and poetry. You can hone your performance skills through large-scale public productions and create your own Theatre Company in the final year.
Our 4-year 'sandwich' mode includes a professional practice year where you can work with one of our industry partners or study abroad in the USA.
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About this course
104 UCAS points from A-Levels (we also accept UCAS points from alternative Level 3 qualifications including: BTEC Nationals, the International Baccalaureate and Scottish and Irish Highers)
AND YOU WILL ALSO REQUIRE:
GCSE English (Language or Literature) AND GCSE Maths at grade 4/C or above. We also consider equivalent qualifications in English and Maths at Level 2, in place of GCSEs.
What you should know about this course
Develop an analytical understanding of theatre processes and screen studies alongside the study of English Literature from various periods.
Excellent facilities, including our own Bathway Theatre site, a 100-seat capacity theatre and six studios spaces for teaching and rehearsals
Drama modules combine live performance and theory, helping you to develop your expertise in performing, critical writing, theatre making and public speaking abilities
English literature modules interpret the historical, social and cultural contexts in text, that includes drama, visual narratives and fiction
Each summer we take a student company to perform in the famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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Subjects
- Representation
- Literary
- Critical Contexts
- Documentary Theatre
- Documentary
- Short history
- Western literature
- Prose Fiction
- Stage Production
- Production
Course programme
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Literary Forms of Representation (30 credits)
- Critical Contexts for Performance (30 credits)
- Documentary Theatre (30 credits)
- The Canon: A Short History of Western Literature (30 credits)
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Prose Fiction in Context (30 credits)
- Stage Production (30 credits)
- Site Performance (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
- American Fictions (30 credits)
- International Bestsellers (30 credits)
- Shakespeare, Then and Now (30 credits)
- Work Placement (Level 5) (30 credits)
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Literature and Publishing Since 1820 (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
- The Literature of the Gothic (30 credits)
- English in World Literatures: Postcolonial and Transnational Writing (30 credits)
- Contemporary Writing and Critical Theory (30 credits)
- Britain on the Modern Stage (30 credits)
- Dissertation (LLT) (30 credits)
- Modern Identities: Literature of the Global Eighteenth Century (30 credits)
- Work Placement (Level 6) (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
- Directing for Theatre (30 credits)
- Theatre and Young Audiences (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
- Theatre Company (30 credits)
- Solo Performance (30 credits)
Additional information
Drama and English Literature, BA Hons