Programme Requirements for 2022/23 Session


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B.A. English Full-time

Year: 2
2022/23 Session

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Shakespeare: Elizabethan 09 33587 10 Semester 1
LI Shakespeare: Jacobean 09 33588 10 Semester 2

Students without a Creative Practice pathway should choose four modules from the Histories of Literature options available, two per semester. Students following a Creative Practice pathway should choose two modules from the Histories of Literature options available, one per semester, and two modules from their chosen pathway, one per semester. Pathways are available in Creative Writing, Drama, Film and Language. A list of the pathway modules available will be provided to students during the module allocation process. 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 Late Medieval Literature 09 37893 20 Semester 1
LI Decadents and Moderns 09 36227 20 Semester 1
LI Earliest English 09 37686 20 Semester 2
LI Literature 1950-Present 09 36230 20 Semester 2
LI Popular Fiction Before the Novel 09 37896 20 Semester 1
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 should choose one 'Themes in Literature' option from those available (parts A & B must be taken together). An indicative list is provided below:

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 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 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