Course Structure

Year 1

Autumn term:

• Research Methods - we will automatically allocate you to this so you do not need to apply
• Core module: 30 CATS - EN9C1 Critical Theory Today - assessed by coursework

Spring term:

• 1 x 30 CAT module, assessed by coursework
  
  

Year 2 (You will apply for your 2025/26 modules in September 2025 -Available modules are subject to change each Academic year))

Autumn term:

• 1 x 30 CAT module, assessed by coursework

 Spring term:

• 1 x 30 CAT module, assessed by coursework

 Spring/Summer terms:

• 60 CATS - 16,000 word dissertation – EN956 - we will automatically allocate you to this, so you do not need to apply
  
  

From 2024/25 choose a module from the following list:

Term 1 Modules:

Research Methods

EN942 - Fundamentals of World Literature (Priority to MA in World Literature Students)

EN9A7 - Drama and Performance Theory (Priority to MA in English and Drama Students)

EN9C1 - Critical Theory Today (Priority to MA in Critical and Cultural Theory Students)

EN9ZE - Critical Environments (Priority to MA In Environmental Humanities Students)

EN9ZF (Formerly EN935) - Shakespeare in History

EN926- British Dramatist in Society

Term 2 Modules:

EN9C8 - Early Modern Ecologies

EN938 - Theory from the Margins: Postcolonialism and the Radical Tradition

EN9B5 - World Literature in the Anthropocene

EN9A3 - The Caribbean: Reading the World-Ecology

EN968 - Marxism and Modernity

EN913 - Feminist Literary Theory

Can take one 30 CATS module from outside of the department, including the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL).