Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2017 | Page 76

Undergraduate Prospectus 2017 | English, History and Liberal Arts

English and American
Literatures
Why study this course?

Keele’s programme was a national first in the UK in 2001, and is now
widely recognised as the leading course of its type in the country.
Comb ining the distinctive strengths of English and American Studies,
this course explores the contrasts and connections between two major
national literary traditions. You’ll develop your critical arguments and
technical analysis as you engage imaginatively and intellectually with
literary texts from medieval literature to contemporary American
graphic novels. You’ll examine the full chronological range of English
and American literature, considering their direct intersections from the
nineteenth century onwards. You could spend a semester or a whole
additional year at a partner university abroad – which might include the
USA, Australia, the Netherlands or Canada.

Indicative modules

First year
• Reading Literature
• Starting Out: An Introduction
to American Literature
• Becoming a Critic
• Transatlantic Gothic: Studies
in 19th Century English and
American Literatures
Second year
• The Romance of Fiction:
History and Society in 19th
Century American Literature
• From Modernity to
Counterculture: Literature
and Social Criticism in
20th Century
American Literature
• Romanticisms
• The Age of Shakespeare
and Donne
• Victorian Performances
• Post-War British Fiction
and Poetry

Third year
• Dissertation

What will this mean
for my future?

Key Information
Course type
Single honours

Course duration

Three years or four years
with an International Year

Indicative entry
requirements
BBB or ABC

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

Study abroad
Yes

English and American Literatures
at Keele will provide you with
a wide range of skills with real
appeal to employers. 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.

Amy Tunstall

English and American Literatures, graduated 2014
I’m a publicity assistant at Penguin Random House. I’ve worked on the campaigns, events,
and tours for some really big books and bestselling authors. Studying literature is a choice
that can open doors into a lot of different careers while also letting you explore a love of
books. I’m really glad I chose to study at Keele – I was encouraged to research topics I
was particularly interested in by accessible and extraordinarily supportive teaching staff.

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