BA Hons English

The BA Hons English program offers a well-rounded education in English literature, while also providing opportunities to delve into other art forms such as music and film. Students will have the chance to explore the relationship between literature and these art forms, as well as the connections between literature and intellectual traditions such as philosophy, art history, and politics.

In the first year, students have to study two compulsory papers-

• Practical Criticism and Critical Practice
• Shakespeare

In the second year, the course structure includes one compulsory paper (English Literature and its contexts 1300-1550) and any other three papers from the below list. 

• Early Medieval Literature and its Contexts 1066-1350
• English Literature and its Contexts 1500-1700
• English Literature and its Contexts 1660-1870
• English Literature and its Contexts 1830-1945 or English Literature and its Contexts 1870-present

However, one of these papers (with the exception of Early Medieval Literature and its Contexts 1066-1350) can be replaced by a dissertation.

Third year includes two compulsory papers-

• Practical Criticism and Critical Practice II
• Tragedy, which ranges from ancient Greek drama to contemporary writing

In addition to the above compulsory papers, it is mandatory to complete a dissertation with a word count of 6,000-7,500. Alternatively, students may also choose to submit a second dissertation of the same length and also select one optional paper, or opt for two optional papers instead from the following list.

• Chaucer
• Medieval English Literature 1066–1500: The Medieval Supernatural
• Material Renaissance
• Lyric
• Prose Forms 1936-56
• The Ethical Imagination
• American Literature
• Postcolonial and Related Literatures
• History and Theory of Literary Criticism
• Visual Culture
• Contemporary Writing in English
• Early Modern Drama 1588-1642
• Special Period of English Literature 1847-72
• Love, Gender, Sexuality 1740-1824