English with World Literature BA (Hons)

This programme offers you the opportunity to enhance the study of English Literature with an understanding of literature written in different global frameworks.
This is a new programme and is subject to formal university approval.
INTRODUCTION
In the first year, you will be introduced to the discipline of ‘World Literature’ through a 30-credit foundational module co-taught by the departments of English and Languages, Cultures and Film. This compulsory module covers topics including what constitutes world literature; literature in translation; the relationship between world literature and comparative literature; transnational and translingual literary forms; and the marketing of world literature.
In the second and final years, you will take 30 credits of optional modules from both English and Modern Languages & Cultures, including the opportunity to write a dissertation project of 5,000 words on ‘World Literature’. Teaching will be complemented by a series of co-curricular sessions involving internal and external speakers.