Programme Requirements for 2021/22 Session


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B.A. English and Classical Literature and Civilisation Full-time

Year: 2
2021/22 Session

All of the modules that form part of the English Literature Literature pathway are delivered by the Department of English Literature, while those modules that form part of the English Language pathway are delivered by the Department of English Language and Linguistics. Both departments are part of the School of English, Drama and Creative Studies.

Students choose 40-80 credits from the full range of CAHA LI Research Seminars and options including the appropriate level of language (beginners or intermediate or advanced Latin, Greek, Egyptian or Akkadian). If a Research Seminar A and B is selected in semester one this has to be matched with Research Seminar B in semester two. There will be a narrow choice of recommended modules aimed at ensuring core skills and curriculum coherence is maintained.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Advanced Greek 1A 09 33660 10 Semester 1
LI Advanced Greek B 09 33663 10 Semester 2
LI Advanced Latin A 09 33616 10 Semester 1
LI Advanced Latin B 09 33618 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar A: Adventures in the ancient novel 09 36931 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar A: Crisis and Empire 09 36915 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar A: Displaying Egypt 09 36917 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar A: Environmental archaeology in the lab 09 36919 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar A: Euripides 09 37093 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar A: GIS and Virtual Worlds 09 36921 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar A: Homer and the world of Odysseus 09 36925 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar A: Luxury Arts and craft production in the Roman World 09 36929 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar A: Meet the Greeks 09 36923 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar A: Representations of Roman Women 09 36942 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar A: Rhetoric at Rome 09 36936 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar A: Roman love elegy in the Age of Augustus 09 37068 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar A: Sex to Salvation 09 36938 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar A: Swearing and Cursing in Ancient Greece 09 36940 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar A: Violence and Objections to Violence in the Roman and Late Antique World 09 37137 10 Semester 1
LI Research Seminar B: Adventures in the ancient novel 09 36932 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: Crisis and Empire 09 36916 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: Displaying Egypt 09 36918 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: Environmental Archaeology in the Lab 09 36920 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: Euripides 09 37094 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: GIS and Virtual Worlds 09 36922 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: Homer and the world of Odysseus 09 36926 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: Luxury Arts and craft production in the Roman World 09 36930 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: Meet the Greeks 09 36924 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: Representations of Roman Women 09 36943 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: Rhetoric at Rome 09 36937 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: Roman love elegy in the Age of Augustus 09 37069 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: Sex to Salvation 09 36939 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: Swearing and cursing in ancient Greece 09 36941 10 Semester 2
LI Research Seminar B: Violence and Objections to Violence in the Roman and Late Antique World 09 37138 10 Semester 2
LI Matrons and Monsters: Women in Rome and Byzantium 09 36039 20 Semester 2
LI Republican and Imperial Rome 09 36038 20 Semester 2

English Literature Pathway
All students should choose two modules from the Histories of Literature options available, one per semester irrespective of whether they are taking 40, 60 or 80 credits in English Literature. Any restrictions relating to which Histories of Literature modules must be taken together will be provided to students during the module allocation process. An indicative list of Histories of Literature options is provided below:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Critical Encounters with Medieval Popular Literature 09 36224 20 Semester 1
LI Decadents and Moderns 09 36227 20 Semester 1
LI Literature 1950-Present 09 36230 20 Semester 2
LI Renaissance Poetry 09 36225 20 Semester 2
LI Restoration and Revolution 09 36228 20 Semester 2
LI Romantics and Victorians 09 36226 20 Semester 1

Students taking 80 credits in English Literature will be required to take LI Shakespeare: Elizabethan and LI Shakespeare Jacobean in addition to a "Themes in Literature" option.
Students taking 60 credits in English Literature will be required to take EITHER LI Shakespeare: Elizabethan and LI Shakespeare Jacobean OR a "Themes in Literature" option.
An indicative list of ‘Themes in Literature’ options is provided below (parts A & B must be taken together).

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Colonial/Postcolonial A 09 33252 10 Semester 1
LI Colonial/Postcolonial B 09 33254 10 Semester 2
LI Digital Futures A 09 33258 10 Semester 1
LI Digital Futures B 09 33260 10 Semester 2
LI Gender and Sexuality Studies A 09 37157 10 Semester 1
LI Gender and Sexuality Studies B 09 37158 10 Semester 2
LI Public English A 09 33893 10 Semester 1
LI Public English B 09 33894 10 Semester 2
LI Rags and Riches: Wealth and Poverty in American Literature and Culture A 09 33266 10 Semester 1
LI Rags and Riches: Wealth and Poverty in American Literature and Culture B 09 33268 10 Semester 2
LI Shakespeare: Elizabethan 09 33587 10 Semester 1
LI Shakespeare: Jacobean 09 33588 10 Semester 2
LI The Gothic A 09 33274 10 Semester 1
LI The Gothic B 09 33277 10 Semester 2
LI The Uses of Genre: Nefarious Plots, Cheap Thrills, and the Search for Meaning A 09 33589 10 Semester 1
LI The Uses of Genre: Nefarious Plots, Cheap Thrills, and the Search for Meaning B 09 33590 10 Semester 2
LI Tragedy A 09 33279 10 Semester 1
LI Tragedy B 09 33281 10 Semester 2

English Language Pathway .

For students taking 80 credits in English Language, the following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI English Grammar 09 28743 10 Semester 1
LI Professional Research Skills for Linguists A 09 33889 10 Semester 1
LI Professional Research Skills for Linguists B 09 33891 10 Semester 2
LI English Phonetics and Phonology 09 34881 10 Semester 2

For students taking 60 credits in English Language, the following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Professional Research Skills for Linguists A 09 33889 10 Semester 1
LI Professional Research Skills for Linguists B 09 33891 10 Semester 2

All students should choose two English Language modules (40 credits), one module per semester, from the list of options available irrespective of whether they are studying 40, 60 or 80 credits in English Language. An indicative list of options is provided below.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Corpus Linguistics 09 29974 20 Semester 2
LI Discourse Analysis 09 27753 20 Semester 1
LI History of the English Language 09 22445 20 Semester 1
LI Language Acquisition and Literacy 09 26651 20 Semester 1
LI Psycholinguistics 09 27523 20 Semester 2
LI Sociolinguistics 09 26680 20 Semester 2