Undergraduate Prospectus 2020 Keele Undergraduate Propsectus 2020

158 | English Literature, Creative Writing and History English and American Literature BA (Hons) Why study this course? You will encounter the full chronological range of English and American literature, 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 medieval literature 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 Literatures 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. INDICATIVE MODULES First Year • Reading Literature • Starting Out: An Introduction to American Literature • Composition • Transatlantic Gothic: Studies in 19th Century English and American Literatures Second Year • The Romance of Fiction: History and Society in 19th Century American Literature • From Modernity to Counterculture: Literature and Social Criticism in 20th Century American Literature • Romanticisms • Twentieth-Century British Fiction and Poetry Third Year • Dissertation • Literature and Society • Postmodernism: Fiction, Film and Theory • High Culture: Drink, Drugs and the American Dream • Words and Pictures: the Contemporary American Graphic Novel • Writingscapes KEY INFORMATION UCAS Code - TQ73 Foundation Year Yes Indicative entry requirements Single Honours A level: BCC-CCC BTEC: DMM-MMM Course duration 3 years or 4 years with an international year Study abroad Yes International Year Yes Learn a Language Yes For further information on entry requirements please visit keele.ac.uk/entryrequirements

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