Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2017 | Page 75

English
Key Information
Why study this course?

Course type

At Keele, you’ll explore the significance of texts within their originating
cultures, periods and genres as well as their continuing influence.
You might consider the historical, socio-political, economic, gender
and geographical contexts of fiction, poetry, drama and even film,
from the medieval period to the present day. You’ll become an
imaginative and critical thinker as you explore subjects such as the
importance of story, the novel, writing for the screen, postcolonialism,
depictions of maternity and scandal. You can choose to spend a
semester or a whole additional year at a partner university abroad.

For information on dual
honours combinations
please visit www.keele.
ac.uk/ugcourses or page 158

Indicative modules

Indicative entry
requirements

Engage imaginatively with a wide range of contemporary and historical
literature, focusing particularly on tradition, innovation, and diversity.

First year
• Reading Literature
• Becoming a Critic
• Telling Tales
• Playing Parts
• Starting Out: An Introduction
to American Literature
• Reading Film
• Poetry Through Practice
• Transatlantic Gothic
• Fiction Through Practice
Second year
• Romanticisms, 1780-1830
• Victorian Performances
• Post-War British Fiction
• American Literature
• Age of Shakespeare and Donne
• Medieval Literature
• Revolution and Restoration
• Aspects of the Novel
Third year
• Dissertation in English
Literature
• Lyric Poetry
• Contemporary British Fiction
• Shakespeare on Film:
Adaptation and Appropriation
• Postcolonial and World
Literature in English
• Contemporary American Fiction

What will this mean
for my future?

Study English at Keele and
you’ll graduate with a wide
range of skills as well as
opportunities for the future.
Some careers may require
further study or training, but
you might work as a teacher,
journalist, editor, librarian,
advertising copywriter, solicitor,
arts administrator or writer.
You could go into marketing,
research, broadcasting, publishing,
the compiling of dictionaries,
or teaching English as a foreign
language.

For more course information please visit

keele.ac.uk/english

Single honours, dual
honours, major, minor

Course duration

Three years or four years
with an International Year
(single honours)

ABB

For further information on
entry requirements please
visit www.keele.ac.uk/
entryrequirements

Study abroad
Yes

Declan Carey

English, graduated 2015
My biggest achievement so far has
been having my writing published
in The Guardian. Being able to
share my ideas and experiences
with thousands of people from
all over the country who read my
articles is something I’m really
proud of. I now work for Marketing
Manchester in the digital media
team. The students and staff at
Keele inspired me to work hard
and never give up. I had fantastic
tutors who pushed me to achieve
more than I thought I could. I left
Keele with the belief that I could
achieve anything. I still feel the
same way today. Keele made me...
better than I ever could have been!
Smart minds choose Keele

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