2022/23 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA English Literature with Creative Writing
Programme code: | BA-ENGL/LCW | UCAS code: | Q3W8 |
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Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Caitlin Stobie | Contact address: | c.e.stobie@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 360
Entry requirements:
- AAA at A Level Including grade A in English
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:
English
Programme specification:
Context of the Programme
Creative writing today has an international reputation as a flourishing branch in the study of English at university level. Leading degree programmes in the United States and the United Kingdom currently attract a large number of applicants of high quality from across the world. The most promising and talented among them are by necessity as passionate about reading as they are about writing their own literary work. Becoming a distinctive writer, for them, is inseparable from becoming an inquisitive reader. They hope to become knowledgeable about the tradition of literature and literary scholarship in order that they can then make a contribution to it.
The School of English believes that it is an excellent position to support the ambition of these UK and international students. Our region is one of the most important in the history of English literature, providing us with powerful local traditions recognised far beyond the Anglophone world. Our alumni have made a central contribution to these traditions, and include founding figures of African national literatures, poets of great acclaim, and the leading fantasy writer of all time. This legacy lives on as the School remains a workplace for leading poets, and a space for the regular production, discussion and reflection on all kinds of literary work. Alongside this ongoing creative heritage the School is also home to a wide variety of internationally-recognised academic researchers whose expertise spans the historical and geographical spheres of English literary tradition.
Distinctive Structure of the Programme
This degree programme is designed to allow enrolees to follow a balanced path in which their core literature and creative writing modules progress in tandem and in dialogue with each other. Our new appointments in the field of creative writing tuition will work alongside established members of our teaching team staff who write creatively to run two new year-long core modules: Foundations of Creative Writing in Level One and of Developing Creative Writing in Level Two. Reflecting our historic commitment to seminar teaching, these new cores will take the form of small weekly seminar sessions, two hours in length, composed exclusively from the programme’s cohort of enrolees. Maximum size of this group will be eight students and if the degree recruits to plan we will run two groups of six. Fortnightly lectures and talks will run alongside these seminar sessions. At the same time the cohort will enrol in a choice of our core modules, meeting undergraduates from our other degree programmes, and discussing with them materials from a critical and literary tradition which will foster greater awareness of contexts in which their own creative work sits. Intellectual and creative currents flowing between these concurrent core modules in Level One and Level Two then lead into the long independent project and personal reflection required of students from their Final Year Project: Creative Writing Pathway. This larger project will also be the final addition to an individual portfolio which will thus be composed of a range of genres including essays, close readings, life writing, long fiction, poems, plays, screenplays, short fiction and/or travel accounts. This portfolio, in turn, will form an evidence basis on which students and their referees in the School can draw when pursuing opportunities through the creative industries. By the end of the programme students will meet QAA benchmarks as they will demonstrate:
* skill and aptitude in the formal conventions of a variety of literary genres, and
* a nuanced critical awareness of the cultural background behind these genres and their conventions
* skill and aptitude in the use of literary voice, idiom, idiolect, simile, metaphor, and other expressive devices, and
* a nuanced critical awareness of the cultural imperatives behind these expressive devices
* skill and aptitude in th e production of clear, accurate, artistically coherent and technically sophisticated written work and
* a capacity to convey research and creative thinking through this written work. Above all students will graduate with the ability to create objectively and, as the QAA benchmarks put it, to “read as a writer.” Upon graduation, as they pursue a range of pathways within the creative industries, they will draw on their ability to produce a range of different acts of communication in a spirit of constant reflection and open collaboration.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Students are required to study a total of 120 credits at Level 1.
A maximum of 40 credits may be taken in modules outside the School of English.
General overview of Level 1:
1. Students must take THREE COMPULSORY CORE modules (60 credits).
2a. Students can choose 60 credits of OPTION modules.
OR
2b. Students can choose 20-40 credits of OPTION modules and 20-40 credits from outside the School from a selection of DISCOVERY modules.
3. No more than 70 credits may be taken in one semester.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory CORE modules:
ENGL1012 | Writing Creatively | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL1261 | Poetry: Reading and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL1350 | Foundations of English Studies | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study a further 60 credits. These may all be chosen from the following School of English OPTION modules. Alternatively, a combination of School of English OPTION modules and DISCOVERY modules may be taken which includes a maximum of 20 credits of DISCOVERY modules.
ENGL1023 | Key Concepts of English Language Study: One | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL1024 | Key Concepts of English Language Study: Two | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL1221 | Modern Fictions in English: Conflict, Liminality, Translation | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL1286 | Drama: Reading and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL1295 | Approaches to Theatre and Performance 1 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL1296 | Approaches to Theatre and Performance 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL1855 | Race, Writing and Decolonization | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Students may opt to take a MAXIMUM of 20 credits from a suite of modules available across the University from outside the School of English which are known as DISCOVERY modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Students are required to study a total of 120 credits at Level 2, with no more than 70 credits in one semester.
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF LEVEL 2:
Students:
1. Choose ONE CORE optional module in semester 1.
2. Choose ONE CORE optional module in semester 2.
3. Choose either (a) an additional semester 1 CORE OR (b) a semester 1 ENGL option OR (c) semester 1 20 credits of Discovery modules outside of the school of English.
4. Choose either (a) an additional semester 2 CORE OR (b) a semester 2 ENGL option OR (c) semester 2 20 credits of Discovery modules outside of the school of English.
A maximum of 40 credits of Discovery modules can be taken across Levels 2 and 3 (i.e. 20 in each year, or 40 in one year). If you take 40 credits of Discovery (non-English-coded) modules at Level 2, you will not be eligible to take any at Level 3.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory CORE module:
ENGL2070 | Developing Creative Writing | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
CORE MODULES - SEMESTER 1:
Students are required to study 20 credits from the following CORE modules:
ENGL2025 | Medieval Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2026 | Restoration and Eighteenth Century Writing | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2029 | Renaissance Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students can opt to study a further CORE module from this list or choose a semester 1 OPTION module from the list below.
CORE MODULES - SEMESTER 2:
Students are required to study 20 credits from the following CORE modules:
ENGL2028 | Literature of the Romantic Period | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3289 | Victorian Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3290 | American Words, American Worlds, 1900-Present | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students can opt to study a further CORE module from this list or choose a semester 2 OPTION module from the list below.
OPTION MODULES - SEMESTER 1 and SEMESTER 2
Students will be required to study between 20-40 credits of the following optional modules.
In accordance with the credit rules stated:
- 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 modules across Level 2 and Level 3
ENGL2035 | Remixing the Renaissance | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2100 | Style and Authorship | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2201 | Writing Nature: Creative and Critical Practices | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2202 | Imaginary Friends: the consolations and consequences of story | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2204 | Shakespeare and Global Cinema | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2206 | African American Narrative: Eight Major Works | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2209 | Where the Wild Things Are: Animals in Children’s Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2214 | All the Single Ladies: Fictions of Female Autonomy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3208 | Arthurian Legend: Chivalry and Violence | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32111 | Gender, Culture and Politics: Readings of Jane Austen | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32114 | Forming Victorian Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32120 | Sex and Suffering in the Eighteenth-Century Novel | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32154 | Prose Fiction Stylistics and the Mind | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32156 | Quiet Rebels and Unquiet Minds: writing to contemporary anxiety | 20 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
ENGL32163 | Milton | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32169 | Contemporary South African Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3233 | Forensic Approaches to Language | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32460 | Writing America | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3268 | Transformations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32763 | Children, Talk and Learning | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3284 | Trial Discourse - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674 - 1913 | 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) | |
ENGL3294 | The Politics of Language | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32997 | Keywords: The Words We Use and The Ways We Use Them | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32998 | Writing and Gender in Seventeenth-Century England | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32999 | Tragedy: Classical to Neo-Classical | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
This list is subject to change and is not exhaustive.
OTHER OPTION MODULES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS ON THIS PROGRAMME
FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST2240 | Hands on Heritage | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2260 | Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
A maximum of 40 credits of Discovery modules can be taken across Levels 2 and 3 (i.e. 20 in each year, or 40 in one year). If you take 40 credits of Discovery (non-English-coded) modules at Level 2, you will not be eligible to take any at Level 3.
These include the creative writing modules of the Centre for Lifelong Learning; all Discovery options offered by our partners throughout the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures; and all of the option modules reflecting diverse specialisms within the School itself.
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.
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF LEVEL 3:
1. Students MUST undertake the 40-credit Final Year Project in English.
2. Students MUST choose TWO CORE modules from a list (one per semester).
3. Students can then choose to take the remaining 40 credits in further CORE or OPTION modules in English or from modules outside of the School (Discovery modules).
A maximum of 40 credits of Discovery modules can be taken across Levels 2 and 3 (i.e. 20 in each year, or 40 in one year). If you have taken 40 credits of Discovery (non-English-coded) modules at Level 2, you will not be eligible to take any at Level 3.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory CORE module (candidates will be required to take the 'Creative Writing' pathway):
ENGL3041 | Final Year Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
:CORE MODULES - SEMESTER 1
Students are required to take at least ONE of the following CORE modules in semester 1:
ENGL3024 | Modern Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3025 | Postcolonial Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students can also opt to study a further CORE module from this list or choose credits from the list of OPTION modules below.
CORE MODULES - SEMESTER 2
Students are required to take at least ONE of the following CORE modules in semester 2:
ENGL3026 | Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3027 | Shakespeare | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students can opt to study a further CORE module from this list or choose credits from the list of OPTION modules below.
OPTION MODULES - SEMESTER 1 and SEMESTER 2:
Students may choose up to 40 credits of optional 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 modules across Level 2 and 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.
The 40-credit Final Year Project module runs over both semesters 1 and 2 and is counted as 20 credits in semester 1 and 20 credits in semester 2.
ENGL2025 | Medieval Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2026 | Restoration and Eighteenth Century Writing | 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) | |
ENGL3035 | Current Practice in Creative Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3100 | Digital Englishes | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32114 | Forming Victorian Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32120 | Sex and Suffering in the Eighteenth-Century Novel | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32154 | Prose Fiction Stylistics and the Mind | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32156 | Quiet Rebels and Unquiet Minds: writing to contemporary anxiety | 20 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
ENGL32163 | Milton | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32169 | Contemporary South African Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3233 | Forensic Approaches to Language | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32460 | Writing America | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32763 | Children, Talk and Learning | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3284 | Trial Discourse - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674 - 1913 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3289 | Victorian Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3290 | American Words, American Worlds, 1900-Present | 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) | |
ENGL32993 | Romantic Lyric Poetry | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32997 | Keywords: The Words We Use and The Ways We Use Them | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32998 | Writing and Gender in Seventeenth-Century England | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32999 | Tragedy: Classical to Neo-Classical | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3314 | Imagining Posthuman Futures | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3321 | Angry Young Men and Women: Literature of the Mid-Twentieth Century | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3339 | Lost in Fiction: The Metafictional Novel from 'Don Quixote' to 'House of Leaves' | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3365 | Theatricalities: Beckett, Pinter, Kane | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3386 | Telling Lives: Reading and Writing Family Memoir | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3396 | Fictions of the End: Apocalypse and After | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3398 | Medical Humanities: Representing Illness, Disability, and Care | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3402 | Home Bodies: Domestic Animals in Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3410 | Modernist Sexualities | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
This list is subject to change and is not exhaustive.
Discovery modules:
A maximum of 40 credits of Discovery modules can be taken across Levels 2 and 3 (i.e. 20 in each year, or 40 in one year). If you have taken 40 credits of Discovery (non-English-coded) modules at Level 2, you will not be eligible to take any at Level 3.
These include the creative writing modules of the Centre for Lifelong Learning; all discovery options offered by our partners throughout the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures; and all of the option modules reflecting diverse specialisms within the School itself.
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