Our BA (Hons) English Literature degree course scored 100% overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2017. Our lecturers are experts in their field and will support and guide you throughout your time at ARU.Our wide range of optional modules offer you the opportunity to learn about the publishing industry, develop your creative writing skills, and gain work experience. You could also improve your CV by studying abroad for a semester or learning a new language with our Anglia Language Programme.
Notes:
• Tuition fees for students who have citizens' rights after Brexit: £9,250/year
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Curriculum
Foundation Year
Foundation in Humanities, English, Media, Social Sciences and Education
Year 2
A History of English Literature 1: Writing Matters
A History of English Literature 2: Reading Literature and Theory
Myth, Miracle and Magic
Language and Society
Literature of the Fens
Year 3
Romantic Conflicts
The European Novel: Desire and Transgression
Reading Beyond Britain
Victorian Literature and Culture
Modernism and the City
Ruskin Module
Optional modules:
Writing World War One: Trauma, Memory, Resistance
History of English
Science Fiction
Dialogue and Debate: More to Milton
Contemporary Issues in Stylistics
Writing Short Fiction
Anglia Language Programme
Year 4
Major Project
Spectacle and Representation in Renaissance Drama
Contemporary Fiction
Optional modules:
Elizabeth Gaskell and the Brontës
Romantic Ideals
Renaissance Magic
Language, Flesh, Philosophy
Writing Poetry
New Media Discourse
Working with English
Literature and Exile: Displacement, Identity, Self
Theorising Children's Literature
Anglia Language Programme
Careers
As well as teaching, our students have gone on to find success in many different roles including:
journalism
television
radio
the music industry
arts administration
gallery work
fundraising
personnel work
publishing
librarianship
marketing
local authority work
publicity
social work
tourism
IT-related industries
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