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E N G L I S H A N D A M E R I C A N L I T E R AT U R E
BA (Hons)
Why study this course?
You will encounter the full chronological range of English and American literatures, learning
to engage imaginatively and critically with the subject. The degree offers you the opportunity
to explore the fascinating connections between two different national literatures, drawing on
Keele’s long-standing strengths in both.
One of the attractions of studying literature at Keele is our international focus:
tutors and students know that there are fascinating connections to be explored
between different national literatures. This course is a good example of our
international outlook.
The programme combines the distinctive aspects of the English and American
literary traditions, and looks at the contrasts and connections between them.
You'll develop your critical arguments and technical analysis as you engage
imaginatively and intellectually with literary texts from the Renaissance to
contemporary American graphic novels. You’ll examine the full chronological
range of English and American literature, considering their direct intersections
from the nineteenth century onwards. You can spend a semester at a partner
university abroad – which might include the USA, Australia, the Netherlands
or Canada.
What will this mean for my future?
English and American Literature at Keele will provide you with a wide
range of skills – in research, presentation, written and oral communication –
with real appeal to employers. 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.
UCAS Code - TQ73
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative Entry
Requirements
Single Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Indicative Modules
First Year
• Reading Literature
• Texts and Contexts
• Literature as History: Writing the
Americas
• Telling Tales: An Introduction to
Narrative Fiction
Second Year
• Literature and Social Change
• Methods and Approaches to Literature
• Transatlantic Modernisms
• Contemporary World Literature
Third Year
• Dissertation
• The Alcohol Question
• Postmodernism: Fiction, Film and
Theory
• High Culture: Drink, Drugs and the
American Dream
• Words and Pictures: The Contemporary
American Graphic Novel
• Writingscapes
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