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BA (Hons) English Literature with History

University of Portsmouth ( Navitas ), United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Portsmouth is the perfect place to study literature and history. Charles Dickens was born here, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle called these streets home, and Rudyard Kipling’s work was inspired by his early years here. Plus, it's a city that's played a major role in British and world history – you'll find influences of the past throughout, from Portsea Castle to the Historic Dockyard.

On this BA (Hons) English Literature with History degree, you’ll examine literature from classics to the contemporary, and discover how history has shaped – and been shaped – by written works. You'll become an expert in reading, analysing and discussing literature, and explore British and global history.

You’ll emerge with a skill set that’s sought after for careers in the arts, publishing, media and as a historian. The critical thinking, reading and analytical abilities you'll develop will also set you up for postgraduate study or roles in areas like teaching and politics.

General Eligibility

  • A levels – ABB–BBC

  • UCAS points – 112-128 points to include a minimum of 2 A levels, or equivalent, to include a relevant subject .

  • International Baccalaureate – 25-26

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Placement year

On this course, you can do an optional work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years to get valuable experience working in industry.

We’ll help you secure a work placement that fits your situation and ambitions. You’ll get mentoring and support throughout the year.

2 Year 1

Core modules in this year include:

  • Body Politics

  • Global Identities

  • Popular Culture 

  • Unpacking Texts: Introducing Critical Theory

  • The Short Story: Murder, Madness and Experimentation

3 Year 2

Core Modules:

  • Literary Prizes and Public Acclaim

  • Research in Practice

Optional Modules:

  • Bloody Shakespeare: the Politics and Poetics of Violence

  • Crime Writing

  • Dystopian and Apocalyptic Environments: Ecocrisis in the Literary Imagination

  • Empire and its Afterlives in Britain, Europe, and Africa

  • Envisioning Ourselves: Media and the Making of Modern Britain

  • Modern Foreign Language (Institution-wide Language Programme)

  • Professional Experience L5

  • Puritans to Postmodernists: American Literature

  • Space, Place and Being

  • The Hidden Lives of Things: Material Culture in the Early Modern World

  • Underworlds: Crime, Deviance and Punishment in Britain, 1500-1900

  • Women's Writing in the Americas

4 Year 3

Core Modules:

  • Dissertation / Major Project

Optional Modules:

  • Consuming Fictions: Food and Appetite in Victorian Culture

  • Holocaust Literatures

  • Magical Realism

  • Professional Development: Recruiters and Candidates

  • Professional Experience L6

  • Specialist Option: Empires and Identities

  • Specialist Option: Everyday Life, Extraordinary Lives and Challenging Inequality

  • Specialist Option: Popular Cultures

  • Specialist Option: Societies in Revolution

  • Time, Temporality, Contemporary Fiction

  • US Masculinities

Language Requirement

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.0(with no less than 5.5 in each component).

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