2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA English Literature and Theatre Studies
Programme code: | BA-ENGL&TS | UCAS code: | QW34 |
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Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Total credits: 360
Entry requirements:
Currently A-level AAB with A in English (Literature, Language, or Language & Literature), not GS. Theatre Studies or Drama at GCSE and/or A-level is an advantage but not essential.
Candidates must have a firm commitment to theatre and some practical experience.
Applications welcome from mature students with Access qualifications and from students with international or other non-A-level qualifications.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of English
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of English
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Programme specification:
This is one of the country's most prestigious degrees in English Literature and Theatre Studies. The School is an internationally recognized research leader in English studies and possesses a long-established reputation for excellence in research and teaching. There is a large academic staff (over 40 full time), and about 1000 undergraduate students are being taught in the department at any one time.
The Single Honours English & Theatre Studies programme exposes students to a variety of approaches to creating and critically appraising drama and diverse modes of performance in addition to the wide range of subject areas across the spread of English Studies. Practice is offered as a mode of analysis and appreciation throughout the programme in ways that complement and promote skills activated in English modules.
Following a compulsory level 1, students are offered a high degree of choice within a structure that activates an appreciation of theatre theory, history and practice through analytical work and individual and collaborative creativity. Students are equally well exposed to a range of periods and genres of English Literature and have some opportunity to study issues of English language.
Students may apply for transfer to a European or an International Degree. The opportunity to apply for a work placement degree is also available. Those students who are accepted may participate in one of our Erasmus/Socrates schemes or go to one of a range of universities with which the University of Leeds has established links.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Students MUST study the following compulsory CORE modules:
ENGL1000 | Studying and Researching English | 5 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL1261 | Poetry: Reading and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL1282 | Drama: Reading and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL1291 | Approaches to Theatre and Performance | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Students MUST also chose ONE of the following CORE modules:
ENGL1191 | Writing Critically | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL1250 | Prose: Reading and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates are required to study 40 credits of Discovery modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO STUDY A TOTAL OF 120 CREDITS IN LEVEL 2, WITH NO MORE THAN 70 CREDITS IN ONE SEMESTER.
A MAXIMUM OF 20 CREDITS MAY BE TAKEN IN MODULES OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL OF ENGLISH.
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF LEVEL 2:
Students:
1. Must take TWO COMPULSORY CORE modules
2. Choose TWO CORE modules from a list
3a. Choose 40 credits of OPTION modules or additional CORE modules
OR
3b. Choose 20 credits of OPTION modules (or additional CORE modules) and 20 credits from outside of the School (known as Discovery modules).
Compulsory modules:
Students MUST study both compulsory CORE modules:
ENGL2040 | Performing the Past | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2050 | Theatre, Society and Self | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
CORE MODULES
Students are required to study TWO of the following CORE modules:
Students can also opt to study further CORE modules or choose credits from the list of OPTION modules.
ENGL2025 | Medieval Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2027 | Eighteenth Century Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2028 | Literature of the Romantic Period | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2029 | Renaissance Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3289 | Victorian Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3290 | American Words, American Worlds, 1900-Present | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
OPTION MODULES
Students may study up to 40 credits of option modules from the following list, in accordance with the credit rules stated below.
Students can opt to take a MAXIMUM of 20 credits in modules outside of the School at Level 2 (known as Discovery modules).
Credit rules:
No more than 70 credits in one semester
A total of 120 credits over the year
A maximum of 20 credits may be taken outside the School of English as Discovery at Level 2.
ENGL3208 | Arthurian Legend: Chivalry and Violence | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ENGL32110 | Students into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ENGL32111 | Gender, Culture and Politics: Readings of Jane Austen | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32113 | The Wild: Literature and the Environment | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32114 | Forming Victorian Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32120 | Sex and Suffering in the Eighteenth-Century Novel | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ENGL32143 | Disposable Lives? | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32146 | Queens, Vikings, poets and dragons: Old English and early medieval Britain | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32147 | Contemporary Postcolonial Texts | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32148 | American Danger | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32149 | Gender, Body, Self and God: Late-Medieval Identities | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ENGL32150 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles: US Narratives of Air, Rail, Road and Water | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32153 | Refugee Narratives | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32156 | Quiet Rebels and Unquiet Minds: writing to contemporary anxiety | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32157 | Contemporary African Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32158 | Aesthetic Movements of the Nineteenth Century | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32159 | Adapt(Abilities): Working with Adaptation | credits | Not running until 201718 | |
ENGL32161 | Performing Shakespeare's Clowns and Fools | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32163 | Milton | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3227 | Surrealism and the French Stage | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3231 | The Poetry of Wordsworth | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3245 | Jacobean Drama | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32460 | Writing America | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3259 | Literature, Reading, Mental Health | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ENGL3266 | Folklore and Mythology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32660 | Creative Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3268 | Transformations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3286 | Fictions of Fallen Women, 1850-1922 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3287 | Thomas Hardy's World | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ENGL3293 | Victoria's Secrets: Secrecy in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3296 | Beyond the Book: An Introduction to the Digital Humanities | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32980 | African Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32993 | Romantic Lyric Poetry | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32996 | Byron and the Shelleys | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32998 | Writing and Gender in Seventeenth-Century England | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32999 | Tragedy: Classical to Neo-Classical | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to 20 credits of Discovery modules outside the School of English.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO STUDY A TOTAL OF 120 CREDITS IN LEVEL 3, WITH NO MORE THAN 70 CREDITS IN ONE SEMESTER.
A MAXIMUM OF 40 CREDITS MAY BE TAKEN IN MODULES OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL OF ENGLISH.
NB: Students are not eligible to take Level 1 modules in Level 3 (with the exception of up to a maximum of 20 credits in Special Skills modules).
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF LEVEL 3:
1. Students MUST study the 40 credit compulsory CORE module
2. Students MUST choose TWO CORE modules from a list
3. Students can then choose to take the 40 remaining credits in further CORE or OPTION modules within the School or from modules outside of the School (known as Discovery modules).
Compulsory modules:
Students MUST study the 40 credit compulsory CORE module:
ENGL3042 | The Practical Essay | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
CORE MODULES
Students are required to take TWO of the following CORE modules.
Students can also opt to study further CORE module or choose credits from the list of OPTION modules below.
ENGL3024 | Modern Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3025 | Postcolonial Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3026 | Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3027 | Shakespeare | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3290 | American Words, American Worlds, 1900-Present | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
OPTION MODULES
Students may study up to 40 credits of option modules from the following list, in accordance with the credit rules stated below.
Credit rules:
No more than 70 credits in one semester
A total of 120 credits over the year
A maximum of 40 credits may be taken outside the School of English as Discovery at Level 3.
Students may only choose a Level 2 English module from the OPTION module list if all their remaining 100 final year credits are at Level 3. Modules that start with the code ENGL2*** are Level 2 modules.
ENGL2025 | Medieval Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2027 | Eighteenth Century Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2028 | Literature of the Romantic Period | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2029 | Renaissance Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3208 | Arthurian Legend: Chivalry and Violence | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ENGL32111 | Gender, Culture and Politics: Readings of Jane Austen | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32113 | The Wild: Literature and the Environment | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32114 | Forming Victorian Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32120 | Sex and Suffering in the Eighteenth-Century Novel | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ENGL32143 | Disposable Lives? | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32146 | Queens, Vikings, poets and dragons: Old English and early medieval Britain | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32147 | Contemporary Postcolonial Texts | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32148 | American Danger | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32149 | Gender, Body, Self and God: Late-Medieval Identities | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ENGL32150 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles: US Narratives of Air, Rail, Road and Water | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32153 | Refugee Narratives | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32156 | Quiet Rebels and Unquiet Minds: writing to contemporary anxiety | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32157 | Contemporary African Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32158 | Aesthetic Movements of the Nineteenth Century | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32159 | Adapt(Abilities): Working with Adaptation | credits | Not running until 201718 | |
ENGL32161 | Performing Shakespeare's Clowns and Fools | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32163 | Milton | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3227 | Surrealism and the French Stage | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3231 | The Poetry of Wordsworth | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3245 | Jacobean Drama | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32460 | Writing America | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3259 | Literature, Reading, Mental Health | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ENGL3266 | Folklore and Mythology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32660 | Creative Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3268 | Transformations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3286 | Fictions of Fallen Women, 1850-1922 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3287 | Thomas Hardy's World | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ENGL3289 | Victorian Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3293 | Victoria's Secrets: Secrecy in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3296 | Beyond the Book: An Introduction to the Digital Humanities | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32980 | African Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32993 | Romantic Lyric Poetry | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32996 | Byron and the Shelleys | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32998 | Writing and Gender in Seventeenth-Century England | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32999 | Tragedy: Classical to Neo-Classical | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3312 | Puppetry Arts and the Subject/Object Continuum | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3334 | Introduction to Psychoanalysis | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3342 | Millennial Fictions | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3365 | Theatricalities: Beckett, Pinter, Kane | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3377 | Against the Great American Novel: Panoramic US Narratives, 1900-present | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3386 | Telling Lives: Reading and Writing Family Memoir | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3391 | September 11 in Fact and Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3392 | Narratives of Memory and Forgetting in Contemporary US Culture | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ENGL3394 | Bowie, Reading, Writing | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3395 | T.S. Eliot | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3396 | Fictions of the End: Apocalypse and After | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3397 | Public Images: The Punk Lyric and Chorus, 1976-present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3398 | Medical Humanities: Representing Illness, Disability, and Care | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3560 | James Joyce's "Ulysses" | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3680 | Postcolonial London | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3999 | Literature of the 1890s | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Some option modules give enrolment priority to Level 2 students (see School of English Module Handbook for details of the priority timetable for the relevant session).
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to 40 credits of Discovery modules outside the School of English.
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