Khóa học này chào đón những con người có trí tò mò. Nếu bạn đam mê những nền văn minh cổ đại và cách thức giúp hình thành thế giới hiện đại thì đây chính là sự lựa chọn dành cho bạn.
Chúng tôi sẽ kết hợp nghiên cứu văn học, lịch sử, nghệ thuật và văn hóa của Hy Lạp và La Mã cổ đại với ngôn ngữ tiếng Anh, văn học và kịch từ tiếng Anh cổ cho đến ngày nay. Bạn sẽ khám phá các khía cạnh khác nhau của xã hội cổ đại, chọn các học phần khác nhau, từ Aeneid đến tiểu thuyết cổ đại, tôn giáo, bạo lực, hài kịch, động vật và quyền công dân, cũng như các tác phẩm kinh điển trên phim hoặc trên sân khấu hiện đại. Bạn cũng có thể chọn học tiếng Hy Lạp cổ đại hoặc tiếng Latinh ở bất kỳ trình độ như một phần của khóa học này.
Modules
Year 1
Our first-year core modules are designed as an introduction. This means that we will build everyone's knowledge to the same level, so you can progress through to year two.
You will take 120 credits of modules split as follows:
- Classics modules (60 credits) – you'll study two core modules, introducing the history and culture of Greece and Rome, and modules on ancient literature, history, or art and archaeology
- English modules (60 credits) – choose three core modules from four areas of English
You must pass year one, but it does not count towards your final degree classification.
Core Classics modules
- Studying the Greek World
- Studying the Roman World
And either two of the following:
- Interpreting Ancient Literature
- Interpreting Ancient History
- Interpreting Ancient Art and Archaeology
Or, if you would like to learn an ancient language, choose one of the following:
- Beginners' Latin: 1
- Beginners' Greek: 1
- Greek Texts: 1
- Latin Texts: 1
- Beginners' Latin: 2
- Beginners' Greek: 2
- Latin Texts: 2
- Greek Texts: 2
- Greek and Roman Mythology
English modules
Choose three modules from the below:
English Language and Applied Linguistics
Literature, 1500 to the Present
Medieval Languages and Literatures
Drama and Performance
- Drama, Theatre, Performance
Year 2
You will take 120 credits of modules split as follows:
- Classics modules (60 credits) – you will take two core modules in which you write extended essays. You'll also choose from a wide range of optional modules exploring ancient literature and culture, art and history, with case studies on the ancient world and its interpretation to prepare you for the third-year dissertation
- English modules (60 credits) – choose three optional modules, from at least two areas of study
You must pass year two, which counts 33% towards your final degree classification.
Core Classics modules
- Extended Source Study
- Studying Classical Scholarship
Optional Classics modules
We offer a range of optional modules, running on a two-year cycle which change frequently following the research expertise of staff. You can choose from these in both your second and third year.
You can also continue learning Latin or Greek.
- Beginners Greek for second and third years: 1 and 2
- Beginners Latin for second and third years: 1 and 2
- Intermediate Greek: 1
- Intermediate Latin: 1
- Intermediate Greek: 2
- Intermediate Latin: 2
- Greek Texts: 3
- Latin Texts: 3
- Greek Texts: 4
- Latin Texts: 4
- Oedipus Through the Ages
- The Peloponnesian War
- Writing History in Ancient Rome
- Religion and the Romans
- The Origins and Rise of Aegean Civilisation
- Communicating the Past
- The World of the Etruscans
- Britain in the Later Roman Empire (c. 250-450)
- The Silk Road: Cultural Interactions and Perceptions
Optional English modules
Depending on your module choices in your first year, you will choose three modules that cover at least two areas of study.
Literature, 1500 to the Present
- From Talking Horses to Romantic Revolutionaries: Literature 1700-1830
- Literature and Popular Culture
- Modern and Contemporary Literature
- Shakespeare and Contemporaries on the Page
- Texts Across Time
- Victorian and Fin de Siècle Literature: 1830-1910
English Language and Applied Linguistics
- Language in Society
- The Psychology of Bilingualism and Language Learning
- Texts Across Time
- Language Development
- Literary Linguistics
Medieval Languages and Literatures
- Chaucer and his Contemporaries
- Old English: Reflection and Lament
- Ice and Fire: Myths and Heroes of the North
- Names and Identities
Drama and Performance
- Shakespeare and Contemporaries on the Stage
- Stanislavski to Stelarc: Performance Practice and Theory
- Twentieth-Century Plays
Year 3
You will take 120 credits of modules split as follows:
- Classics modules (60 credits) – in addition to your optional modules, you'll either pursue your own interests through a dissertation, or take a Special Subject which involves in-depth study in seminars on a staff-member’s topic of special expertise. Or, you'll continue to learn Latin or Greek
- English modules (60 credits) – you'll choose three optional modules, from at least two areas of study.
- Dissertation – you will write a dissertation, which can be in either English or Classics. You may choose to combine both subjects in one dissertation
You must pass year three, which counts 67% towards your final degree classification.
Optional Classics modules
- Jason and the Golden Fleece
- Augustus
- Greek Work, Class and the Economy: Good and Bad Strife
- From Petra to Palmyra: Art and Culture in the Roman Near East
- The Peloponnesian War
- Writing History in Ancient Rome
- Religion and the Romans
- The World of the Etruscans
- Britain in the Later Roman Empire (c. 250-450)
- The Silk Road: Cultural Interactions and Perceptions
- Oedipus Through the Ages
- Beginners Greek for second and third years: 1 and 2
- Beginners Latin for second and third years: 1 and 2
- Intermediate Greek: 1
- Intermediate Latin: 1
- Intermediate Greek: 2
- Intermediate Latin: 2
- Advanced Greek: 1
- Advanced Latin: 1
- Advanced Greek: 2
- Advanced Latin: 2
- Greek Texts: 5
- Latin Texts: 5
- Greek Texts: 6
- Latin Texts: 6
- Dissertation in Classics
Optional English modules
Depending on your module choices in your first and second year, you will choose three modules that cover at least two areas of study.
Literature, 1500 to the Present
- The Self and the World: Writing in the Long Eighteenth Century
- Contemporary Fiction
- Making Something Happen: 20th Century Poetry and Politics
- Single-Author Study
- The Gothic Tradition
- Island and Empire
- Oscar Wilde and Henry James: British Aestheticism and Commodity Culture
- Modern Irish Literature and Drama
- Reformation and Revolution: Early Modern literature and drama 1588-1688
- Songs and Sonnets: Lyric poetry from Medieval Manuscript to Shakespeare and Donne
- One and Unequal: World Literatures in English
English Language and Applied Linguistics
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- Language and the Mind
- Advanced Stylistics
- Discourses of Health and Work
- Language and Feminism
Medieval Languages and Literatures
- English Place-Names
- Old English Heroic Poetry
- Dreaming the Middle Ages: Visionary Poetry in Scotland and England
- The Viking Mind
- Songs and Sonnets: Lyric poetry from Medieval Manuscript to Shakespeare and Donne
Drama and Performance
- Modern Irish Literature and Drama
- Performing the Nation: British Theatre since 1980
- Changing Stages: Theatre Industry and Theatre Art
- Reformation and Revolution: Early Modern literature and drama 1588-1688
English dissertation
Joint honours students have the option of writing an individual research project in their final year in the School of English.
This can be on a topic of language, literature or performance, or there is the option of undertaking a project-based dissertation, which will suit those students interested in applied or 'hands on' aspects of English as a discipline.
English Dissertation: Full Year
