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.

What you should know about this course

• Study texts from different centuries and different continents to gain a comprehensive understanding of English literature
• Deepen your own responses to literature by engaging with cultural, historical and theoretical contexts
• Explore fiction, poetry, drama and visual narratives within a varied programme of literary study
• Choose from optional modules from other disciplines such as creative writing, film studies, journalism and languages
• Develop your writing, close-reading and research skills and learn to put forward coherent and persuasive arguments – an invaluable skill to graduate with

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)
• English For Academic Purposes 6 (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)
• English For Academic Purposes 6 (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)
• English For Academic Purposes 6 (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)

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