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More information on optional modules in year two and three

25th May 2021: we added extra information to the module tab, as below:

Year two

Option on pre-1900 literature 

To give your degree historical breadth and depth, we invite students to take one of our many options on pre-1900 literature. The range of modules varies each year, and examples include Romantic and Victorian Poetry, The Nineteenth-Century Novel, Crime Fiction: Nation and Empire, Britain 1850-1947, American Horror Story: US Gothic Cultures 1790-present, Eighteenth-Century Literature, Seventeenth-Century Literature, Austen in Theory, George Eliot and Sociology, Literature and Revolution 1640-1660, Literature and Empire: Britain and the Caribbean to 1900, English Literature and Feminisms 1790-1899, The Classical Tradition in English Translations, Arthurian Literature, Asia and the Victorians.

Your choice 

Alongside Literature in Theory and a pre-1900 module, you can choose two further modules from the department on anything you're interested in; and one of these modules can be taken from another department. Our students often enjoy modules in History, Film and Television Studies, Philosophy, Theatre and Performance Studies, the Warwick Writing Program, Warwick Business School, Politics and International Studies, and beyond.

Year Three

Option on global literature 

To ensure your degree covers literature written in English from all over the world, we invite students to take one of our many options on global literature. The range of modules varies each year, and examples include The Global Novel, New Literatures in English, Commodity Fictions: World Literature and World Ecology, Literature and Empire: Britain and the Caribbean to 1900, Twentieth-Century Avant Gardes, Yiddish Literature in Translation, Asia and the Victorians, American Horror Story: US Gothic Cultures 1790-present, Alternative Lifeworlds Fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy and the Weird, Disasters and the British Contemporary, Devolutionary British Fiction, The Novel Now.

Your choice 

Alongside Research Project and a global literature module, you can choose two further modules from the department on anything you're interested in; and one of these modules can be taken from another department. Our students often enjoy modules in History, Film and Television Studies, Philosophy, Theatre Studies, the Warwick Writing Program, Warwick Business School, Politics and International Studies, and beyond.

Change to Entry Requirements

5th May 2021: We amended an error to our A level requirements under our 'General Entry requirements' tab.

Original content:

A levels
AAA or A*AB to include grade A in English Literature and English Language and Literature (combined)

BTEC
We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside A level English Literature and English Language and Literature (combined).

Amended content:

A levels
AAA or A*AB to include grade A in English Literature or English Language and Literature (combined)

BTEC
We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside A Level English Literature or English Language and Literature (combined).

Initial launch

This page was launched on 2nd March 2021.