English Literature BA (Hons)

at Coventry University

Why you should study this course

The English Literature BA (Hons) course at Coventry University is for students who want to explore the major literary periods that you will have studied in your pre-degree-level studies, and want to be introduced to new and diverse areas of the subject.

• There is a focus on your application of new and cutting-edge theories and ways to analyse texts. Such examples include posthumanism, ecocriticism and critical race theory. This is to help you generate new insights of your own rather than just learning about literary history and the interpretations of others. Because at Coventry, we want to inspire you to keep learning even after graduation.
• You may have the opportunity to apply for a work placement. This has led previous students to experiences as an English subject mentor at Cardinal Newman School, a marketing and events social media and newsletter editor at the Coventry Irish Society, an editorial intern at Grazia Magazine, a freelance journalist at Coventry News and Sport or a human resources intern at First Utility
• There is a chance to develop a dynamic online presence through creating an individual A Domain of One’s Own (DoOO) website, which allows graduates to present prospective employers with an online portfolio of your degree-level work.
• You have the opportunity to join a range of societies such as the Literature Society or Book Club Society which aim to develop your interest in literature, film, and theatre, as well as promoting social events.

What you'll study

Year one
Modules in the first year introduce you to a wide range of critical and theoretical approaches to the study of literature, as well as the major literary periods and genres within the Anglophone tradition, aiming to prepare you for higher-level study.

Modules

• Approaches to Literature (40 credits)

• Writing the American Nation (20 credits)

• Periods in English Literature and Language (30 credits)

• Space, Place, Regionalisms, Globalisms (30 credits)

• Add+vantage (20 credits)

Year two
In your second year, you will start to to broaden and deepen your study of the English Literature. Modules explore a range of the specialist concerns of the course while looking more deeply at the traditional period divisions of the subject.

Modules

• Shakespeare’s Renaissance (20 credits)

• Cin-aesthetics (10 credits)

• The Age of Revolutions - Enlightenments and Romanticisms (20 credits)

• Modernism (20 credits)

• The Victorians and Empire (20 credits)

• Add+vantage (20 credits)

• Optional modules

Final year
In the final year you study a range of research-led modules at the cutting edge of the subject, taught by current research-active academics who are advancing the frontiers of knowledge in the discipline (staff may be subject to change).

Modules

• Post-War Literature (20 credits)

• Fiction of the 21st Century (30 credits)

• Add+vantage (20 credits)

• Optional Modules (Choose 60 credits)