Theatre and English Literature : BA Hons : WQ43

Lancaster University

Bachelor's degree

In Lancaster

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Lancaster

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Lancaster’s Theatre and English Literature degree gives you the opportunity to study contemporary theatre, drama and performance alongside works spanning Shakespeare, film and twenty-first century writing. Theatre is part of the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) a vibrant, contemporary arts environment with excellent facilities. Our Department of English and Creative Writing offers both traditional and state-of-the art approaches to English Literature.

In English Literature, you’ll explore texts of different periods and genres and develop a deeper critical understanding of the role of literature in society. You’ll receive a full introduction to Theatre Studies and will learn about innovative twentieth and twenty first century theatre and performance through an exciting and varied mix of theoretical and practical approaches, taught by internationally esteemed, award winning theatre practitioners and scholars.

You’ll begin your degree with modules that develop your understanding of your core subjects. In your second year, you’ll study subjects such as The Theory and Practice of Criticism, Literature and Film, Theatre Techniques, Performance Composition, Applied Theatre Practice, Contemporary British Theatre and Post War European Playwrights before completing your degree with final-year modules including a Dissertation unit and a full Theatre production module. There is also a dedicated Work Placement module in second year and a Creative Enterprise module in third year to enhance your employability after graduation.

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Lancaster (Lancashire)
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Lancaster University, LA1 4YW

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About this course

Our Theatre and English Literature graduates have strong communications, team working and creative skills, which open doors in a wide range of sectors.

Many of our graduates find jobs within theatre - as performers, directors, writers, dramaturgs, producers, technicians or administrators - and in associated fields such as journalism, the media, publishing and advertising.

Lancaster’s alumni work in many areas concerned with the social applications of theatre and drama such as teaching, social work, community arts and drama and dance therapy. Others use the managerial and interpersonal skills they have developed through the course in jobs like personnel and the Civil Service.

A number of our graduates go on to postgraduate study at Lancaster or elsewhere.

Lancaster University is dedicated to ensuring you not only gain a highly reputable degree, but that you also graduate with relevant life and work based skills. We are unique in that every student is eligible to participate in The Lancaster Award which offers you the opportunity to complete key activities such as work experience, employability/career development, campus community and social development.

A Level AAB

Required Subjects A level English Literature or A level English Language and Literature grade A

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.

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Subjects

  • English
  • Theatre Studies
  • Drama
  • Theatre
  • Composition
  • Art
  • Writing
  • English Literature
  • Literature
  • British Romanticism

Course programme

Many of Lancaster's degree programmes are flexible, offering students the opportunity to cover a wide selection of subject areas to complement their main specialism. You will be able to study a range of modules, some examples of which are listed below.

Year 1

Core

    • English Literature
    • Introduction to Theatre Studies
    • The Arts and Culture in Modernity
Year 2

Core

    • The Theory and Practice of Criticism

Optional

    • American Literature to 1900
    • British Romanticism
    • British Theatre & The State of the Nation (1945-2000)
    • Critical Reflections
    • Introduction to Television Drama
    • LICA Work Placement
    • Literature, Film, and Media
    • Media & Performance
    • Modern Dance
    • Performance Composition
    • Performing the Avant-Garde
    • Postwar European Playwrights
    • Renaissance to Restoration, English Literature, 1580-1688
    • Theatre Practice
    • Theatre Techniques
    • Victorian Literature
    • Writing for Performance
Year 3

Optional

    • 21st Century Theory: Literature, Culture, Criticism
    • Advanced Theatre Practice
    • African Literature
    • Between the Acts
    • Bible and Literature
    • British and American Crime Stories 1840-2000
    • Contemporary Dance and the Visual Arts
    • Contemporary European Postdramatic Theatre
    • Contemporary Fiction and Critical Theory
    • Contemporary Literature in English
    • Creative Enterprise
    • Dissertation
    • Dissertation Unit
    • Early Modern Outlaws: On Land and Sea
    • Elizabethan Embodiment
    • Literature and the Visual Arts
    • Monstrous Bodies: Romantic Period Poetry and Prose
    • New Scenographies in Performance
    • New Writing in Contemporary British Theatre
    • Other Victorians
    • Performing Death, Desire and Gender
    • Romantic and Victorian Poetry
    • Ruskin on Art, Architecture and Society
    • Schools Volunteering Project
    • Science Fiction in Literature and Film
    • Shakespeare
    • The Byron-Shelley Circle
    • The Literature of Sleep
    • The Popular, the Political and the Avant-Garde
    • The Postcolonial Indian Novel in English
    • Utopias and Utopianism
    • Victorian Gothic
    • Victorian Popular Fiction
    • Where Do Poems Come From? Process, Manuscripts, Text

Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years.

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.

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