BA English Literature and Theatre Studies(For students entering from September 2023 onwards)

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of Level Three, students should have provided evidence of being able to: -

- demonstrate a coherent and detailed command of the key concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of English studies and Theatre Studies;

- demonstrate a skilled knowledge of generic and subject-specific qualities, i.e.,

- present a structured and coherent argument

- have detailed knowledge of critical terminology

- have a sound knowledge of the varieties of language and forms;

- have experience of a considerable amount of English literature from a range of literary periods and locations;

- have a critical and sophisticated command of the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written;

- analyse live theatre performances from an advanced critical perspective;

- have an advanced understanding of key issues in current professional theatre practice;

- have experience and understanding of current issues in the discipline of theatre studies;

- have command of the ways in which theatre theory and theatre practice may be interrelated and integrated;

- develop and deploy dynamically and self-consciously a range of critical skills;

- have an advanced knowledge of how to apply concepts of the structure and history of English to the analysis of texts;

- develop and deploy dynamically and self-consciously a range of critical skills;

- develop and deploy dynamically and self-consciously a range of analytical skills;

- demonstrate an advanced and critical knowledge of the social, political cultural contexts of English as a medium for literature;

- demonstrate a command of the English language via an engagement with literary materials;

- demonstrate experience of the practical exploration of significant matters via the medium of theatre, primarily through the creation of performance-based final year project.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire key transferable skills as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- research-based training;

- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment at graduate level entry;

- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;

- decision making.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

- research-based learning;

- the knowledge and application of concepts, information and techniques relevant to the discipline;

- the ability to construct an argument;

- knowledge of English Literature, dramatic texts, 'performance texts' and theatre theory;

- the ability to work within a group towards performance-based presentations;

- the ability to be critical of scholarly work.