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BA (Hons) English and Film

University of Salford, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Our English and Film degree is characterised by the richness of literature and the study of film in its critical and creative context. You’ll explore both art forms individually, as well as examining the relationship between them.

As part of your English modules, you’ll build your core skills in critical and creative thinking, equipping you with the tools you need to analyse a range of literary texts. You’ll also gain an appreciation of how literature reflects the social and historical contexts in which it was written.

Alongside your study of literature, you’ll consider the cultural and creative impact of film. From exploring developments in American and British cinema, you'll also have the opportunity to examine cinema from across Europe, Latin America, Asia and beyond; evaluating the role of cinema as a major entertainment industry as well as thinking about film as a political and socio-cultural property along the way.

You will:

  • Study a wide range of literature and film from around the world

  • Develop an understanding of the relationship between texts and their social and historical contexts

  • Discover how cinema has become a significant part of international culture

General Eligibility

GCSE

English Language at grade C/level 4 or above (or equivalent). Maths at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent) is preferred but not essential.

UCAS tariff points

104-120 points including a humanities subject area

A level

104-120 points with a Grade C in a Humanities subject. Film Studies or Media Studies preferred but not essential. General studies accepted.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1
  • Critical Approaches to Film

  • Popular Fictions

  • Film Form, Film Meaning

  • Classical Hollywood Cinema

  • Discovering Literature

2 Year 2
  • British Cinema

  • The Romantic Period

Choose from two Film and two English modules from the following indicative list (the top four modules are Film options):

  • Film Journalism

  • Cinema Asia

  • Comedy and British Cinema

  • Contemporary American Cinema

  • Utopias and Dystopias

  • Attitudes to English

  • Literature, Adaptation and the Screen

  • Victorian Literature: Progress and Panic

  • Revival and Revolution: Irish Literature 1890-1930 (English)

  • Gender, Race and Empire

  • Reptiles of Genius

  • 21st Century Women’s Writing

  • The Female Gothic

  • Introduction to Screenwriting

3 Year 3
  • Postmodernism

Choose three Film and two English options from the following indicative list (the top five modules are Film options):

  • Sequential Art (Comics and Graphic Novels)

  • Hollywood Masculinities-Dissertation Only

  • Film Programming and Curating for Cinemas and Festivals

  • Alternatives, Independents and the Marginal

  • Film and Theory– Dissertation Only

  • British Theatre Post-1950

  • The Language of Names

  • Shakespeare and the Play of Thought

  • Alternative Ulster

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).

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