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E N G L I S H L I T E R AT U R E
BA (Hons)
Why study this course?
Studying English Literature at Keele offers you the opportunity to develop your imaginative
and critical skills. You will encounter exciting new ways of engaging with literature in English
from the Renaissance period to the modern day.
At Keele, you’ll explore the significance of texts within their originating
cultures and historical periods and explore a range of approaches to literary
study. You’ll consider the historical, socio-political, economic, gender and
geographical contexts of fiction, poetry and drama from the Renaissance
period to the present day.
You might explore the American literary tradition, links between literature
and film, or engage with exciting new genres such as the graphic novel.
You’ll become an imaginative and critical thinker as you explore subjects
such as the importance of story, the novel, writing for the screen,
post-colonialism, modernism and the postmodern.
What will this mean for my future?
Study English Literature at Keele and you'll graduate with a wide range
of skills including in research, oral and written communication, and
presentation, as well as excellent opportunities for the future. Some
careers may require further study or training, but you might work as a
teacher, journalist, editor, librarian, advertising copywriter, solicitor, arts
administrator or writer. You could go into marketing, research, broadcasting,
publishing, the compiling of dictionaries, or teaching English as a foreign
language.
If you are thinking of travelling the world after graduation, teaching or
working abroad, Keele’s Language Centre offers a variety of language
courses. You may graduate with an enhanced degree with foreign language
competency or an internationally recognised qualification in Teaching
English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). For further information,
visit our Language Centre - keele.ac.uk/lc
UCAS Code - Q300
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative Entry
Requirements
Single Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Combined Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Indicative Modules
First Year
• Texts and Contexts
• Reading Literature
• Telling Tales
• Playing Parts
• Literature as History: Writing the
Americas
• Poetry Through Practice
Second Year
• Romanticisms
• Methods and Approaches to Literature
• Literature and Social Change
• The Renaissance: Shakespeare and
Beyond
• Contemporary World Literature
• Revolution and Restoration
• Culture and Barbarism: Literature in
the Victorian Age
Third Year
• Dissertation in English Literature
• The Alcohol Question
• Modernist Manifestos and Magazines
• Writingscapes
• Violence and Death in Shakespeare's
Theatre
• Postcolonial and World Literature
in English
Course Duration
3 or 4 years with an
international year
Study abroad
Yes
International Year
Yes
Learn a Language
Yes
For information on courses that combine subjects please visit keele.ac.uk/ugcourses