Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2016 | Page 93

You can also take one of two Independent Study Projects,
which are taught in both semesters and count as two modules:

Course type

• Creative Writing Portfolio

Entry
requirements

• Dissertation in English
For American Literature, you can take up to four of the following
modules (two in each semester):
• Film Noir: The Dark Side of America
• Writing Slavery
• High Culture: Drink, Drugs and the American Dream
• Contemporary American Fiction
• Silence, Strength and Sentiment: Gender and Sexuality
in 19th Century American writing
• Words and Pictures: the Contemporary American Graphic Novel
You also have an opportunity to write a dissertation on an American
or comparative literary topic.

Single honours

BBB/ABC

(For exclusions and other
qualifications please see
the entry requirements
table on page 230 to 239)

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Key Information

Approximate
intake
40

Study abroad
Yes

Teaching and assessment

Teaching is conducted by means of lectures, tutorials, seminars,
workshops and one-to-one consultations. A variety of assessment
methods will be encountered: essays, seminar participation, reports,
book reviews, assessed oral presentations (group and individual),
examinations and blackboard quizzes.

Skills and careers

You will acquire a range of subject-specific and generic, transferable
skills. In addition to a comprehensive knowledge of English and
American literary cultures of the modern period, you will be skilled
in textual analysis, interpretation and evaluation, and will also
have acquired advanced communication and writing skills, the
ability to research and interpret a variety of sources of information,
and time management skills. Both subject areas enjoy close,
collaborative links with the Careers Service. Graduates from both
courses have achieved high levels of success in entering challenging
and rewarding careers, in spheres such as publishing, journalism,
teaching, retail management, and the media.

Good to know
In 2014 Professor Oliver Harris, the world authority
on the work of William Burroughs, was interviewed
for a Radio 4 programme presented by Iggy Pop to
mark the centenary of the American writer’s birth.

www.keele.ac.uk/ugcourses

UCAS Single honours programme
TQ73 English and American
Literatures
UCAS Foundation programme
Q3V0 English and American
Literatures with Humanities
Foundation Year

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