Program Overview

English Literature

Course Overview

A vibrant course that embraces the full breadth of literary forms, genres, and periods.

Why Study This Course

• A dedicated and encouraging teaching team ensures personalised support and tailored feedback.
• No exams and a student-centred assessment strategy that facilitates your independent choice of focus and topics.
• 100% student satisfaction (NSS 2022).

Course Summary

Studying English Literature at BGU provides an exciting and wide-ranging engagement with the power of human creativity and the rich heritage of literary expression. On this course, you will study great works of literature from Ovid to Ali Smith and from Shakespeare to Bernardine Evaristo, Salman Rushdie, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, enriching your learning with explorations into creative and environmental writing, detective fiction, world literature, drama, children’s literature, film, Victorian, Romantic, and contemporary literature.

Key Facts

• Award: BA (Hons)
• UCAS code: Q300
• Duration: 3 years
• Mode of study: Full time
• Start date: September 2025
• Award: Bishop Grosseteste University
• Institution code: B38

What You Will Study

As a student on this course, you may study some or all of the modules listed below.

Year 1

• Introduction to Literary Studies
• The Gothic: Transgressive to Shock
• States of Dreaming: Modern American Literature
• Myth, Adaptation & Transformation
• Poetic License: Lines and Lyrics
• Shakespearean Worlds
• Graphic Relations: Literature & Film
• The Literary Globe

Year 2

• Reading the Popular
• Becomings: Women & Writing
• Modern Drama: The Inconstant Stage
• Victorians Unbound
• Literature & Identity: Self or Subject?
• Literature for Children and Young Adults

Year 3

• The Future Unwritten: Late 20th- and 21st- century Literature
• Romantic Horizons
• Modernism: Make It New!
• English Dissertation

Optional Modules

• Creative Writing
• Time Games: Speculative Fiction
• English@Work
• Writing Multicultural Britain
• Writing the Environment
• Tales from Medieval England: Monsters, Margins, and Manuscripts

Entry Requirements

• 96-112 UCAS tariff points (from a maximum of four Advanced Level qualifications)
• A range of qualifications that meet this requirement, such as A/AS Levels, BTEC, Access Courses, International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge Pre-U, Extended Project, etc.

How You Will Be Taught

• A variety of teaching methods, including lectures, tutorials, seminars, practical workshops, coursework, and work-based placements
• Small group seminars and workshops to review issues raised in lectures and to carry out independent study
• Placements to apply subject-specific skills and knowledge in a transferable manner

Assessment

• A diversity of coursework assignments, including short essays, a long dissertation, oral arguments, presentations, portfolios, and personal projects
• No exams
• A staged process of development to learn how to express yourself persuasively and reflectively across a range of media

Careers & Further Study

• A range of professions, including creative and professional writing, publishing, editing, human resources, public policy, journalism, social media, and public relations fields, marketing, technology, librarianship, teaching, and a wide range of creative and media industries
• Highly transferable skills, including creative thinking, flexibility, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities

Support

• A student-centred experience with a friendly and supportive atmosphere
• Staff and students work together in an intimate campus community
• Support from the Careers and Employability department and a range of community partners to find opportunities for you to engage with projects and build your CV

Fees & Funding

• A range of student finance information available from numerous sources
• Support from the Student Advice team to guide you through the funding arrangements for your studies
• A range of services to help you understand the process and make informed decisions about your funding options

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