English Literature with Film Studies BA (Hons) – 2020 entry

Bachelor's degree

In Guildford

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Guildford

  • Duration

    3 Years

Studying literature and film encourages you to become a reflective, sensitive and active reader and viewer. You will think carefully about literary texts and films, about what it means to interpret written and cinematic works, and the importance of literature and cinema in history and society.

You’ll acquire extensive knowledge of literary texts and discourses, learning the critical skills to analyse these works and developing the cultural vocabulary to communicate your ideas about them.

You’ll be introduced to a range of thought-provoking critical and theoretical approaches to literature and film. You’ll also discover historical, social and psychological perspectives which will enhance your understanding of literary works and cinema, allowing you to place them in their proper historical, international and cultural contexts.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Guildford (Surrey)
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GU2 7XH

Start date

On request

About this course

Studying literature and film enables us to look beneath the surface and discover deeper meanings – about our world and ourselves. Choosing English Literature with Film Studies at Surrey means you’ll examine the most vital and influential works of literature from the medieval period to the present day, and film from a range of national traditions and in a number of genres.

This course, based in our lively and creative School of Literature and Languages, will harness your enthusiasm for literature and cinema.

Our courses are ranked in the top 10 for creative writing in The Complete University Guide 2020 and top 10 in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.

A Professional Training placement provides you with the opportunity to develop your professional, academic and personal potential, equipping you to be adaptable, resilient, globally minded, confident, entrepreneurial and digitally savvy in the workplace. These qualities are widely recognised by employers and many of our students are offered employment on graduation by their placement provider.

The Professional Training placement year gives our students an insight into their subject and career potential, and early access to professional experience. It can be invaluable in developing work-based skills and helping them secure a graduate career.

Applicants taking an A-level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element.

Please note: A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted.

GCSE or equivalent: English Language at Grade C(4) and Mathematics at Grade C (4) (or equivalent).

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Subjects

  • Works
  • English
  • Cinema
  • Writing
  • English Literature
  • Film Studies
  • Film History
  • Theories
  • Reading
  • Boundaries
  • Fiction

Course programme

Year 1

Module
  • HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE I
  • KEY CONCEPTS IN FILM STUDIES
  • KEY MOMENTS IN FILM HISTORY
  • THEORIES OF READING I
  • BLURRED BOUNDARIES: FACT AND FICTION IN FILM
  • HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE II
  • SHAKESPEARE
  • THEORIES OF READING II
  • THINKING LIKE A WRITER
  • UNDERSTANDING THE NOVEL
Year 2

Module
  • CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE: POSTCOLONIAL FICTIONS
  • ELEMENTS OF NARRATIVE
  • INTRODUCTION TO TEFL
  • MODERNISM
  • MONSTERS, MYSTICS AND DEMONS
  • ROMANTIC LITERATURE: 1789-1830
  • VICTORIAN LITERATURE & CULTURE
  • WORLD CINEMA AFTER WWII
  • CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE: GENDER AND SEXUALITY
  • CONTEMPORARY STORYTELLING
  • EARLY MODERN LITERATURE
  • HARDCORE SHAKESPEARE
  • HOLLYWOOD AND THE BUSINESS OF FILM
  • LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE IN EDUCATION
  • SIGNIFICANT OTHERS: VICTORIAN CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS
  • THE AMERICAN CENTURY
  • THEORISING FILM
Optional modules for Year 2 - FHEQ Level 5
  • Students choose at least one module from ELI2037 and ELI2039
Year 3

Module
  • CREATIVE WRITING SUBMISSION
  • DISSERTATIONCompulsory
  • ADVANCED FILM GENRE
  • CREATIVE WRITING AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
  • FILM AUTHORS
  • FIN-DE-SIÈCLE LITERATURE: DECADENCE, AESTHETICS AND THE OCCULT
  • IMMERSIVE THEATRES
  • SCREENWRITING
  • THE AGE OF CHIVALRY: MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN ROMANCE
  • THE THEATRE AND THE NOVEL
  • ADVANCED CREATIVE THEORIES AND PRACTICE
  • BEAT WRITING
  • CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
  • FROM NOVEL TO FILM
  • GOTHIC TO GOTH
  • LANGUAGE DIVERSITY
  • MEDIEVAL WOMEN’S WRITING
  • UNDERSTANDING ANIMATION
Optional modules for Year 3 - FHEQ Level 6
  • Choose two ELI optional modules and three MFC optional modules.

English Literature with Film Studies BA (Hons) – 2020 entry

Price on request