IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each skill
Our English Literature degree offers the chance to explore how literary texts in English have reflected, engaged with, and shaped the world.
Our definition of literature is inclusive, allowing you to engage with drama, film, graphic novels and visual art alongside your studies of novels and poetry. American, European and transnational literatures are all well represented on our curriculum.
Our course structure is flexible, allowing you to learn another language, study journalism, or develop a creative voice. You will also have the opportunity to undertake a work placement or dissertation.
Popular career options for graduates of our English Literature degree include teaching, journalism, publishing, the media, arts administration, central or local government, and social work.
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Year 1
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Literary Forms of Representation (30 credits)
Case Studies in Short Fiction (30 credits)
The Canon: A Short History of Western Literature (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Mandarin 1 (30 credits)
Mandarin 2 (30 credits)
Mandarin 3 (30 credits)
Screen Now (30 credits)
Writing for Stage and Screen (30 credits)
Writing Poetry and Prose (30 credits)
European Languages (French 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 4) (30 credits)
The Changing Faces of Britain 1707 – 1918 (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 3) (30 credits)
Writing for the Media (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 4) (30 credits)
Year 2
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Poetry and Drama in Context (30 credits)
Prose Fiction in Context (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)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
American Fictions (30 credits)
Mandarin 1 (30 credits)
Mandarin 2 (30 credits)
Mandarin 3 (30 credits)
Transnational Screens (30 credits)
Advanced Poetry Writing (30 credits)
Playwriting (30 credits)
Short Story Writing (30 credits)
International Bestsellers (30 credits)
Shakespeare, Then and Now (30 credits)
European Languages (French 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 4) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 3) (30 credits)
Writing Journalism (30 credits)
Work Placement (Level 5) (30 credits)
Language Research Project (French, Italian, Spanish) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 4) (30 credits)
Year 3
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Literature and Publishing Since 1820 (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 60 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)
Modern Identities: Literature of the Global Eighteenth Century (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Mandarin 2 (30 credits)
Mandarin 3 (30 credits)
Cinema and Space (30 credits)
The Literature of the Gothic (30 credits)
Novel Writing (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)
European Languages (French 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 4) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 3) (30 credits)
Journalism in Practice (30 credits)
Work Placement (Level 6) (30 credits)
Language Research Project (French, Italian, Spanish) (30 credits)
Contemporary Publishing (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 4) (30 credits)
The skills you acquire through studying our courses will prepare you for careers in a wide range of industries and jobs. Graduates of English Literature have gone on to careers in teaching, journalism, publishing, the media, and arts administration, as well as roles in central or local government and social work. You may also go on to postgraduate study. Some of these career options may require further training.
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