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UNDERGRADUATE STUDY • 2012 ENTRY
EXETER AND CORNWALL CAMPUSES
KeyInformation
UCAS CODE
TYPICAL OFFER
BA Single Honours in Exeter
English
Q300
A*AA-AAB; IB: 38-34
EnglishwithStudyinNorthAmerica
Q310
A*AA-AAB; IB: 38-34
BA Combined Honours in Exeter
EnglishandFilmStudies
Q3W6
AAB-ABB; IB: 34-32
ClassicalStudiesandEnglish
QQ3V
AAA-AAB; IB: 36-34
EnglishandFrench
QR31
AAA-AAB; IB: 36-34
EnglishandGerman
QR32
AAB-ABB; IB: 34-32
EnglishandItalian
QR33
AAB-ABB; IB: 34-32
EnglishandRussian
QR37
AAB-ABB; IB: 34-32
EnglishandSpanish
QR34
AAB-ABB; IB: 34-32
FlexibleCombinedHonours
Y004
AAA-AAB; IB: 36-34
FlexibleCombinedHonourswithStudyAbroad
Y006
AAA-AAB; IB: 36-34
FlexibleCombinedHonourswithUKWorkExperience
Y007
AAA-AAB; IB: 36-34
C
BA Single Honours in Cornwall
English
Q301
AAB-ABB; IB: 34-32
C
BA Joint Honours in Cornwall
EnglishandHistory/withStudyAbroad
QVH1/QV3D
AAB-ABB; IB: 34-32
GeographyandEnglish
LQ73
AAB-BBB; IB: 34-30
FlexibleCombinedHonours
Y003
AAB-BBB; IB: 34-30
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Forfurtherdetailsonallourentryrequirements,pleaseseeourEnglishpagesat
www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/english
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Streatham Campus, Exeter
Website:www.exeter.ac.uk/english
Email:[email protected]
Phone:+44 (0)1392 725309
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Cornwall Campus, near Falmouth
Website:www.exeter.ac.uk/english
Email:[email protected]
Phone:+44 (0)1326 371801
WhystudyEnglishatthe
UniversityofExeter?
Weareoneoftheleadingdepartments
ofEnglishintheUKandhaveanexciting
rangeofundergraduateprogrammes
andmodules.Wehavestrengthsin
teachingandresearchinmostareas
fromthemedievalperiodtothepresent
day,includingparticularspecialismsinfilm
andcreativewritingatthe
StreathamCampusandliteratureandthe
environmentattheCornwallCampus.
Youwillhavetheopportunityto
analyseawidevarietyoftexts,from
someoftheoldestintheEnglish
languagetoexamplesofcontemporary
writing.Aswellasstudyingtheworkof
canonicalfiguressuchasShakespeare,
Wordsworth,Austen,JoyceandWoolf,
welookatawiderselectionofworks,
includingpopularfiction,filmandthe
worksofcomparativelylittleknownor
neglectedauthors.
roughoutyourstudies,youwill
learntoanalysetheliteraturesof
differentculturesandperiodsandto
interpretthismaterialwithinwider
contextsofculturalandintellectual
history.Ourhighlyqualifiedstaffwill
helpyoutodevelopyourabilitytoread
perceptivelyandcriticallyandtofoster
yourcapacityforcreativeandoriginal
thought.Youwilldevelopproficiencyin
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researchandanalysis,anabilityto
constructcoherent,substantiated
arguments,andacapacitytopropose
yourownideasandtheories.Inthecourse
ofseminarsandassessmentsyouwill
develophighlyarticulatecommunication
skillswithanabilitytoworkefficientlyand
creativelybothindividuallyandingroups.
Weareasubstantialdepartment,withstaff
basedattheStreathamCampusinExeter
andattheCornwallCampusnear
Falmouth.Atbothcampuses,youwill
findresearch-activestaffwhoareleadersin
theirfieldandwhosharetheir
expertisewithyouthroughtheir
undergraduateteaching.
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English:
Streatham Campus
Weofferaselectionofdegreeprogrammes
attheStreathamCampusinExeter.ese
aredistinguishedbytherangeofmaterial
thatyoucanstudy,theamountof
flexibilityandchoicethatyouwillbegiven
todevelopandfollowyourowninterests
withtheprovisionofmodulesbyactive
researcherswhoareattheforefrontof
theirrespectivefields.
Adoptingbothcriticalandcreative
approaches,theprogrammesseekto
developyourunderstandingofawide
rangeofgenresandliteraturesinEnglish.
Modulesaretaughtbystaffwithexpertise
inliteraturefromtheMiddleAgestothe
present,incinemathroughoutthe20th
and21stcenturies,andincreativewriting
practicesinpoetry,proseandscreenwriting.eprogrammesmovefroman
initialfoundationyeartowardsgreater
choiceandahigherdegreeof
specialisationinthelatteryears.Youwill
developtothestagewhere,inyourfinal
year,whatyoustudy,howyouapproachit,
andhowyoucommunicatewhatyouhave
foundarecloselyalignedwiththe
practicesoftheresearch-activeacademics
whoteachyouduringseminars.
OurprogrammesinExeterencourageyou
toaskchallengingquestionsaboutthe
natureofliteraryandothertexts.When
youreadTroilus and Criseyde andJane
Eyre,orwatchmoviessuchasBicycle
ieves,youwillbepromptedtoasknot
onlywhattheymean,butalsohowthey
makethosemeanings.Whowerethey
writtenorfilmedfor?Howdothey
comparewithotherworksofthesameor
differentperiods?Howdotheyrelateto
thehistoricalandsocialconditionsin
whichtheywereproduced?
Attheendofthreeyears,youwillhave
acquiredawideanddetailedknowledge
ofEnglish.Youwillalsohavedeveloped
intothesortofindependent,selfmotivatedresearcherwhoisreadyfor,
postgraduatestudyandforabroadrange
ofgraduateemployment.
Inadditiontoyouracademicwork,the
LitSoc,whichisrunbystudents,brings
togetherlike-mindedpeopletodiscuss
literatureandliteraryinterestsandgives
youtheopportunitytoattendbookand
poetryreadings,filmscreeningsandto
socialisewithothers.
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English:
Cornwall Campus
edepartmentofEnglishattheCornwall
Campusoffersauniquestudent
experience,combiningafriendly,smallgroupapproachtoteachingwithtop-flight
research.ecampusoffersawelcoming
atmospherewhereit’seasytomakenew
friendsandwherestaffandstudentsknow
eachotherwell.Withasmallerstudent
intake,theemphasisisoninnovative
learningandteachinginaflexibleand
intimateatmosphere.
Ourstaffareworldleadersinthestudyof
literatureanditsrelationshiptoplaceand
identity,analysingtheconstructionof
identitiesinrelationtoarangeofissues
fromtechnologytothenatural
environment.isresearchisanessential
elementinourundergraduateteaching,
withstudentsinvitedtoexploreliterature
fromtheclassicalperiodtothemodern,
combiningthetraditionallectureand
seminarformatwithmoreinnovative
methodssuchasthecreationofliterary
trailsandproblem-basedlearning.
roughavarietyofapproaches,both
preciseandimaginative,youwillgain
anunderstandingoftheprincipalgenres
andrangeofliteraturesinEnglish,aswell
asandknowledgeoftheirculturaland
criticalcontexts.
Oneofthemostdistinctivefeaturesof
theEnglishprogrammeattheCornwall
Campusisthefocusontheenvironment.
Uniqueinthecountry,modulessuchas
Literature and the Environment takeyou
intotheculturallandscapeofCornwall
andDevonandbeyond.Indoingso,the
programmeleadsyoutoaskquestions
abouttherelationshipbetweencultural
constructionandthenaturalworld,as
wellasencouragingyoutothinkabout
thebroaderutilityofanEnglishdegree
beyondtheUniversity.
edepartmentoffersarangeofextracurricularactivitiessuchasworkshops
withleadingnovelists,poetsandcritics,
aswellastrips–forexample,tosee
performancesattheMinackeatre.e
student-runEnglishSocietyalsooffers
thechancetomeetupwithstudentswho
sharealoveofliterature,cultureandthe
arts.eyorganiseguestspeakers,film
screenings,tripsandsocialeventson
andoffcampus.
ecampus’sstunningmainbuildings
havebeenequippedwiththelatest
technologiestodelivertheverybest
learningandteachingfacilities.e
campusissharedwithUniversityCollege
Falmouth,whichcreatesavibrantmixture
ofstudentsfromscience,engineering,
humanitiesandartsbackgrounds,both
oncampusandinthelocalarea.
Degreeprogrammes
How your degree
is structured
edegreesaredividedintocoreand
optionalmodules,whichgivesyouthe
flexibilitytostructureyourdegreeaccording
toyourspecificinterests.Individual
modulesareworth15or30creditseach.
Full-timeundergraduatesneedtotake120
creditsineachyear.WithinEnglish,in
additiontothecoremodules,youcan
choosefromanextensiverangeofoptions
inallthreeyears,afewexamplesofwhich
areshownatthebackofthisbrochure.
Forup-to-datedetailsofallourprogrammes
andmodules,pleasecheck
www.exeter.ac.uk/english
Programmes in Exeter
E
Single Honours in Exeter
BA English
isprogrammeofferstheopportunity
tostudyawideandexcitingrangeof
literaturesinEnglishinoneofthecountry’s
top-ratedresearchdepartments.Inaddition
todevelopingyourexpertiseinsubjects
thatrangefrommedievaltocontemporary
literatures,SingleHonoursEnglishalso
hasstrengthsinfilmandcreativewriting,
allowingyoutoselectoptionsfromthese
disciplinesinallthreeyearsofstudy.
Year 1: efirstyearisdesignedtogive
youasecuregroundingfortherestofthe
programmeandprovidestrainingin
universitylevelresearchandwritingskills.
Beginnings: English Literature before 1800
isdesignedtogiveyouanoutlineand
overviewofsomeaspectsofEnglishliterary
history,whileCritical Practice introducesyou
totheconventionsandpracticesofstudying
Englishatundergraduatelevel.Inaddition,
youwillstudycoremodulesonApproaches
to Criticism ande Poem andmayselect
twooptionmodulesfromShakespeare,Film
Studies: An Introduction;Creative Writing
ande Novel.
Year 2: Whenyoucometoyoursecond
year,weexpectthatyouwillhaveidentified
someareasofEnglishthatparticularly
interestyouandthatyouwanttoknow
moreabout.Experttutorsleadeachmodule
andyouwillhavetheopportunitytowork
throughyourselectedsubjectareasintheir
historicalandcriticalcontexts.Youwill
selectfourmodules,twofrombefore1800
andtwofromafter1800,fromalistof
optionsthatcurrentlyincludesmedieval,
renaissance,eighteenth-century,Victorian,
twentieth-centuryandcontemporary
literaturesubjects,aswellasoptionsin
creativewritingandfilm.Youalsohave
theoptiontotakeaworkplacementwhich
givestheopportunitytodevelopan
understandingofabusinessorwork
environmentthroughpracticalworkandto
gainexperienceintheuseoftechnologies
andapplicationscommonlyusedin
organisations.
Year 3: Inyourfinalyear,youwillstudy
onelecture-ledmoduleonakeyperiod
ofEnglish(oneofShakespeare and
Renaissance Tragedy,Romanticism or
Acts of Writing),andtwomodulesfrom
anextensivelistofoptions(29wereoffered
thisyear).Eachoptionalmodulereflects
thespecificexpertiseandcurrentresearch
interestsoftheactiveresearcherswho
deliverit.Forthisreason,therangeof
optionalmodulesavailablechangeseach
year.Finally,youwillbecomean
independentresearcheryourself,asyou
writeadissertationonatopicofyour
choiceunderthesupervisionofamember
oftheEnglishdepartment.
BA English with Study
in North America
isprogrammeofferstheopportunityto
studythewideandexcitingrangeof
modulesinliterature,filmandcreative
writingthatisavailableintheSingle
HonoursEnglishprogramme,butwitha
particularemphasisonAmericanliterature
andculture.Inaddition,youwillcombine
thisstudywithasecondyearspentata
NorthAmericanuniversity.
Year 1: Youwillstudythesameprogramme
asBAEnglish.
Year 2: Year2isspentatauniversityin
NorthAmerica,eitherintheUnitedStates
orCanada.Currentlywehavearrangements
witheCollegeofWilliamandMary,the
UniversityofKansas,IowaStateUniversity,
theUniversityofPittsburgh,andVassar
CollegeintheUSAandwithCarleton
University,theUniversityofVictoria,and
theUniversityofTorontoinCanada.You
arerequiredtotakeonepre-1800English
moduleduringyouryearabroad.
Year 3: Youwillstudyoneofthecore
modules:Shakespeare and Renaissance
Tragedy;Acts of Writing;orRomanticism;and
oneAmericanmodule.PlusaDissertation
andoneothermoduleinEnglish.
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Combined Honours
in Exeter
OurCombinedHonoursdegreesatExeter
giveyoutheopportunitytodivideyourtime
50/50betweentwocomplementaryareasof
interest.Youwillstudysomecoremodules
andsomeoptionsfromeachsubjectina
choiceofpathways.
BA English and Film Studies
eCombinedHonoursprogrammein
EnglishandFilmprovidesyouwithafirm
foundationinthestudyofliteratureandof
film.Yourmodulesaimtodevelopyour
familiaritywithahistoricallyandnationally
diverserangeoffilmsandliterarytexts,
fromChaucertocontemporarydigital
media.Yourstudieswillequipyouwiththe
criticaltoolsandvocabularytoanalysethem
thoughtfullyandindepth.You’lldivideyour
time50-50betweenstudyingliteratureand
studyingfilm,andwillbenefitfromavery
widerangeofmodulechoices,suchas
Shakespeare’s Bodies,Imperial Encounters and
Writing the Short Film.edegreeisflexible
soyoucanpursueyourdevelopinginterests,
eitherblendingyourstudyoffilmwiththat
ofliterature,orchoosingmoduleswhich
offercontrastingapproaches.e
opportunitytoworkininterdisciplinary
waysbetweenliteraryandvisualcultural
textsisadistinctiveaspectofthe
programme,andoftheEnglishdepartment
atExeter.
Year 1: efirstyearwillintroduceyouto
thespecialisedlanguageusedintheanalysis
offilmandtoimportanttheoriesand
methodsofanalysisoffilm.Youwillalso
studyaspectsofliteraryhistoryandwill
choosefromaselectionofoptionalmodules.
Year 2: Inthesecondyear,youwillstudy
thehistoryofAmericancinemaalongside
yourchoiceofoptionmodulesinfilm,
literatureandcreativewriting.
Year 3: ethirdyearallowsyouto
specialisebychoosingfromawidearrayof
specialistmodulesontopicssuchas
American Independent Cinema,Cityscapes and
Taiwan New Cinema.Youwillchoosetwo
Filmmodules,anoptioninEnglish
literatureorcreativewritingandyouwill
alsobeabletowriteadissertationonatopic
ofyourchoice.Inmostyearsthereareover
twentyoptionstochoosefrominFilm,
Englishliteratureandcreativewriting.
Youdon’tneedapriorknowledgeofFilm
Studiestofollowthisprogramme.For
furtherdetailssee:www.exeter.ac.uk/film
BA Classical Studies and English
ClassicalStudiesatExetercombinesthe
traditionalvirtuesofrigorousattentionto
thenuancesandsubtletiesoflanguagewith
someofthemostexcitingandinnovative
approachestotheancientworldavailable
today.isCombinedHonoursprogramme
providesanopportunitytostudythree
culturesandtofacilitatetheanalysisofthe
worldsrepresentedinEnglishandClassical
literaturewiththedrawingofanalogies
betweenthem.
Youdon’tneedapriorknowledgeofGreek
orLatintofollowthisprogramme.Details
oftheClassicsmodulescanbefoundat
www.exeter.ac.uk/classics
BA English and French, German,
Italian, Spanish or Russian
eseprogrammesplaceemphasison
literarystudyandcoverabroadrange
ofdevelopmentsinliteratureinits
historicalandnationalcontexts.Modules
areprovidedinthelanguagetohelpyou
developthenecessarycriticalskillsto
readliterarytexts.eyarefour-year
programmes,withthethirdyearspent
abroadintherelevantlanguage-speaking
countryonalanguagecourseorin
approvedpaidorvoluntaryemployment.
Detailsoflanguagemodulescanbefound
atwww.exeter.ac.uk/languages
Programmes in Cornwall
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Single Honours
in Cornwall
BA English
isprogrammegivesyoutheopportunity
tostudyabroadandstimulatingrangeof
literaturesandtheirancestryinclassical,
OldEnglishandmedievaltexts,juxtaposed
withtheexcitementofstudying
contemporaryliteraryandculturalworks,
withanaddedemphasisonstudiesin
literatureandtheenvironment.
Year 1: ecoremodules,Past and
Present andCulture and Criticism,explore
thehistoryofliterature,fromtheearliest
Greekepictocontemporarytexts,and
offerwaysofreadingliteraturefroma
varietyoftheoreticalperspectives.Youwill
studytheworksofsomeofthegiantsof
literature(suchasHomer,Shakespeare,
AustenandJoyce)togetherwiththehistory
ofthemajortheoriesthathaveshaped
literatureandliterarycriticism(suchas
Marxismandfeminism).
Year 2: isyearoffersanin-depth
explorationofthethemesandliterary
trendsinitiallyencounteredinyearone.
Experttutorsleadeachperiod-based
module,andstudentshavetheopportunity
todiscussliteratureinitsculturaland
historicalcontext.Authorsstudiedinthe
pastatthislevelinclude:JohnMilton,
JohnDonne,AlexanderPope,EmilyBrontë,
CharlesDickens,MargaretAtwoodand
ArundhatiRoy.
Year 3: erearetwocoremodulesand
twooptionalmodules,whichvaryeachyear
accordingtodemandandstaffing
requirements.ecoremodulesare
Literature and the Environment andthe
Dissertation.eLiterature and the
Environment moduleoffersachanceto
understandthroughexperiencehow
literatureisembeddedintheenvironment.
Forthedissertation,youwillcarryouta
pieceofresearchunderthesupervisionof
amemberofEnglishdepartmentstaff.
C
Joint Honours
in Cornwall
OurJointHonoursdegreesgiveyouthe
opportunitytodivideyourstudy50/50
betweentwocomplementaryareasof
interest.Youwillstudythecoremodules
fromeachsubjectandaselectionofoptions.
Fullprogrammestructurescanbefoundon
ourwebsiteatwww.exeter.ac.uk/english
BA English and History
isprogrammecombinestheinvestigation
ofEnglishtextswithastudyoftheir
historicalcontext,developingyour
appreciationofthecomplexrelationship
betweentextsandthepast.eprogramme
willenhanceyourunderstandingofthe
waysinwhichliteraturereflectsandrecalls
thepastaswellasthewayinwhich
knowledgeofthepastinformsliterary
readings.Itincludesaninterdisciplinary
emphasisinthesecondandthirdyears,
withtheopportunitytoworkwith
academicsfrombothEnglishandHistory.
BA Geography and English
isprogrammeallowsyoutoengagewith
therelationshipbetweenliteratureand
place.Geographershavelongbeen
interestedinhowpeoplemakemeaning
abouttheworldthroughliterature.In
Englishtheinfluenceofplaceandidentity
onliteraturehasbeenakeythemeof
enquiry.isdegreecombinesthese
concernsaswellasprovidingyouwitha
thoroughgroundinginGeographyand
Englishmoregenerally.
E Flexible Combined
C Honours
isinnovativeCombinedHonours
schemeenablesyoutocombinemodules
fromanumberofdifferentfieldsofstudy
nototherwiseavailablethroughanexisting
CombinedorJointHonoursprogramme.
YoucancombineEnglishwithuptotwo
othersubjectsfromanextensivelistof
subjectsinbothExeterandCornwall.
roughoutyourdegreeyouwillbegiven
regularsupporttohelpyouchoosethe
mostappropriatepathwayforyou.
Furtherinformationandthefulllist
ofavailablesubjectscanbefoundat
www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/
degrees/flexible
Learningandteaching
Weuseavarietyoflearningandteaching
methodsincludinglectures,seminars,
studentstudygroupsandwebandIT
resources.Allourmodulescentrethe
learningexperienceonseminars,involving
groupsofbetween10and20students,
typicallyrunningfortwohours.Many
modulesaresupportedbyweekly50-minute
lectures.Studentsoftenpreparefor
seminarsbyinvolvementinstudentstudy
groups,whichareadistinctiveand
successfulfeatureofourprogrammes.
edepartmentiscommittedtoproviding
youanaverageoftenhoursofcontactper
weekwithacademicstaffinyourfirstyear,
andiscurrentlyreviewingitscommitments
foryears2and3.Ontopofthisformal
contact-time,you’reexpectedtoattend
otheractivitiessuchasstudygroups,
workshopactivitiesandfilmscreenings.
Mostofyourworkwillbedoneingroup
andself-directedstudy:readingorviewing
modulematerial,writingessaysor
preparingmaterialforseminar
presentations.Youshouldexpectyour
totalworkloadtoaverageabout40hours
perweekduringtermtime.
Aswellasattendinglecturesandwriting
essaysandassignments,you’llbeexpected
tomakepresentationsinseminarsor
tutorials.Weencourageyourpresentation
work,becauseitinvolvesyouactivelyinthe
teachingandlearningprocessanddevelops
importantlifeskillssuchasgoodverbal
andvisualcommunicationandeffective
interactionwithotherpeople.
We’reactivelyengagedinintroducingnew
methodsoflearningandteaching,including
increasinguseofinteractivecomputerbasedapproachestolearningthroughour
virtuallearningenvironment,wherethe
*RAE 2008 based on percentage of research
categorised as 4* (world-leading)
detailsofallmodulesarestoredinaneasily
navigablewebsite.Youcanaccessdetailed
informationaboutmodulesandlearning
outcomesandinteractthroughactivities
suchasthediscussionforums.You’llalso
haveaccesstoonlinesubscriptiondatabases
andwebsites,suchasEarlyEnglishBooks
Online(EEBO),EighteenthCentury
CollectionOnline(ECCO),MLAFirstsearch
andJSTOR.
Aspecialfeatureofourprogrammesisthe
waywemakeuseinappropriatemodules,of
films,videos,tapesandslidesforstudying
printedtextsandotherformsofcultural
production.eStreathamCampusishome
toeBillDouglasCentrefortheHistoryof
CinemaandPopularCulture.Itcontainsan
enormouscollectionrelatingtothehistory
offilmandvisualmediaandanonline
virtualexhibition.Addedtothisisthe
Audio-VisualSectioninthemainlibraryin
Exeterwhichcontainsover10,000film
titles,inadditiontobooksabout,and
recordingsof,Americanmusicofallkinds.
WealsohavetheChrisBrookscollection
whichcontainsover10,000worksof
primaryandsecondarysourceVictorian
material.AttheCornwallCampusthevideo
andDVDlibrarycontainssome20,000
items,includingmanyhard-to-findoff-air
recordings.
You’lldeveloparangeofprofessionalskills,
forexample,timemanagementandteam
working,plusvaluablecritical,analytical
andcommunicationskills.Technicalskills
willincludeaccuratenotetakingfrom
presentations,researchandITskillsand
you’lllearnsubject-specificskills,suchas
constructiveself-criticism.
Aswellasbeingabletochoosefrom
modulesinyourhomediscipline,youwill
alsohavetheopportunitytotakeupto30
creditseachyearfrommodulesofferedby
otherdepartments,subjecttotimetabling
andotherconsiderations.
Weprovidealivelyprogrammeofspecial
lecturesandseminarsonbothcampuses
byvisitingacademicsandrenownedwriters,
actorsandfilmdirectors.eLiterature
SocietyinExeterandtheEnglishSociety
inCornwallorganisepoetryreadings,talks
andtheatretrips,aswellasless
intellectuallystrenuoussocialevents.
Englishstudentsarealwaysactiveonthe
Universitystudentnewspapers,onthe
radiostationandintheUniversity’sseveral
dramagroups.
Youcanalsomakeyourmarkonthe
programmesthroughregularstudent
evaluationsandparticipationinthe
Student-StaffLiaisonCommitteeat
bothcampuses.
Research-led teaching
Webelieveeverystudentbenefitsfrom
beingpartofaresearch-ledcultureand
beingtaughtbyexperts–youwilldiscuss
theverylatestideasinseminarsand
tutorials.Ourstaffarehighlyrespectedin
theirfieldsandtheirworkisofthehighest
quality,asevidencedbythemostrecent
assessmentofresearch(RAE2008)inwhich
Englishranked1stintheUKforworldleadingresearch*.Asestablishedscholars
andtrainedteachers,ouracademicstaff
deliverqualityteachingthatisconsistently
informedbytheirresearchactivities.isis
particularlyimportantinthefinalyearof
yourstudies,wheremoduleswillgiveyou
themostup-to-dateresearchideasand
debatesinthediscipline.
Academic support
Assessment
AllstudentshaveaPersonalTutor
whoisavailableforadviceandsupport
throughouttheirstudies.erearealsoa
numberofservicesoncampuswhereyou
cangetadviceandinformation,including
theStudents’GuildAdviceUnitand,in
Cornwall,StudentServicesandFXU.You
canfindfurtherinformationaboutallthe
servicesintheUniversity’sundergraduate
prospectusoronlineatwww.exeter.ac.uk/
undergraduate
Youmustpassyourfirstyearassessment
inordertoprogresstothesecondyear,
buttheresultsdonotcounttowardsyour
degreeclassification.Forthree-year
programmes,theassessmentsinthe
secondandthirdyearscontributetoyour
finaldegreeclassification.Forfour-year
programmestheassessmentsinthe
second,thirdandfourthyearsallcontribute
toyourfinaldegreeclassification.
Study abroad
AllstudentsintheCollegeofHumanities
havetheexcitingpossibilityofspendingup
tooneyearabroad.In2010/11Exeter’s
highlysuccessfulprogrammehelpedabout
400studentsstudyatoneofour180
partneruniversities.Youcouldlearnanew
languageandexperiencedifferentcultures,
becomemoreself-confidentandwidenyour
circleoffriends.Youcouldgetthechanceto
specialiseinareasthatarenotavailableat
Exeter,andwhenitcomestoacareer,your
skillsandknowledgeofanothercountry
willproveinvaluabletomanyemployers.
isofcourseappliesequallytooverseas
studentscomingtostudyatExeter.
Furtherdetailscanbefoundinthe
yearabroadsectionofourwebsiteat
www.exeter.ac.uk/humanities/
undergraduate/studyabroad orthe
InternationalOfficewebsiteat
www.exeter.ac.uk/international/
study/erasmus
AssessmentinEnglishisthrougha
mixtureofmethodsthatincludesessays
andadissertationaswellasexamsand
presentationwork.eratioofformalexam
tocontinuousassessmentisonaverage
40:60.Onthe‘EnglishwithStudyinNorth
America’degreeprogrammeyouwillbe
assessedbyyourhostuniversityduring
youracademicyearabroad.iswill
contributetowardsyourdegree
classification.
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Acts of Writing: Literature and Film 1953-Present
O
American Childhoods
O
O
Cityscapes
O
Film Studies: An Introduction
O
Dissertation
C
The Novel
O
The Gothic
Beginnings: English Literature Before 1800
C
Culture and Criticism 1 and 2
Introduction to Creative Writing
C
Past and Present: Foundations
C
Critical Practice
C
The Poem
C
Imperial Encounters
Approaches to Criticism
C
Past and Present: Reinventions
Shakespeare
C
O
O
O
James Joyce’s Ulysses
O
Literature and the Environment
C
Romanticism
O
O
Sex, Scandal and Sensation in Victorian Literature
Serious Play: Creative Writing Workshop
Year 2 module examples:
Module Name
Exeter
Cornwall
C
O
Writing Realist Short Fiction
Heroes and Exiles: English Poetry of the Age of Beowulf
Cornwall
O
O
Rhythm Nation: Victorian Poetry and Culture
O
Women and Writing: Romantic to Modern
O
Witchcraft and Magic in Literature
O
Chaucer and his Contemporaries
O
Desire and Power: English Literature 1570-1640
O
Literature, Culture and Crisis in Early Modern England
O
The Enlightenment: 1700-1799
O
Early Women’s Writing 1500-1700
O
O
From Modernism to the Contemporary
C
Tolkien: Scholar, Critic, Writer
From Romanticism to Decadence
C
Shakespeare and Renaissance Tragedy
Introduction to American Literature
O
Creative Writing: Finding a Voice
O
Reason and Passion
C
Renaissance, Reformation and Rebellion: English Literature 1580-1700
C
Renaissance and Revolution: 17th Century Literature
O
The Shock of the New: Literature 1900-1953
O
Shots in the Dark: American Film in Profile
O
Revolutions and Evolutions: 19th Century Writings
O
Humanities in the Workplace
O
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Englishmodules
Full module descriptions are available at www.exeter.ac.uk/english
E Year 1
C Year 1
Beginnings: English
Literature Before
1800
Thismoduleselectstextsthatrepresentsomeof
therichest,mostcomplexmomentsinEnglish
culturalhistoryandintroducesyoutothesemajor
literarytexts.Themodulecultivatesmodesof
readingandcriticalanalysisbroadlyinformedby
anattentiontohistoryandcontext.Suchanalysis
willincludeideasofsubjectivity,identity,social
relations,politicalpower,conflict,community,
andthehumanandnon-humanforcesofhistory.
Critical Practice
Thismoduleintroducestheconventionsand
practicesofstudyingEnglishatundergraduate
levelandfostersindependentlearningandcritical
thinking.Throughthestudyofaselectionof
20thcenturyfictionandthroughvaried
assignments,themodulehelpsyouindeveloping
thenecessaryskillstoresearchandwriteat
undergraduatelevel.
Introduction to
Creative Writing
Thismoduleintroducesyoutosomeofthekey
technicalandimaginativeskillsneededtobegin
writingsuccessfulpoemsandshortstories.
Film Studies:
An Introduction
Thismoduleencouragesyoutoexaminecinemain
‘close-up’,allowingyoutoanalysediverseformsof
filmstyle,andintroducesyoutothekeycritical
andtheoreticalconceptsinfilmstudies.
The Novel
Thismoduleaimstointroduceyoutothestudy
ofthenovelatuniversityleveldrawingon
examplesfromarangeofperiodsandcultures.
Shakespeare
ThismoduleexploreskeyShakespeareantexts
fromawiderangeofperspectives,including
sourcesandprecursors,thecontextsof
productionandreception,andtheplays’
afterlivesinprint,performance,andthe
workofotherwriters.
E
Exeter campuses
C
Cornwall Campus
Culture and
Criticism 1 and 2
Thesemodulesintroduceyoutotheproblemsof
readingtextsandtothewaysthesearereflected
inkeymomentsincontemporaryEnglishstudies.
Theycoverasignificantrangeofcriticaland
theoreticalapproachestoliteraryandfilmstudies
inthecontextof‘English’studiesandintroduce
thegroundrulesforscholarshipinthisdiscipline
(includingusingalibrary,writingacademic
essays,conductingdebate,takingaposition,
makinguseofscholarlyjournals,usingweb-pages
andotherelectronicresourcescritically).
Past and Present:
Foundations
Thismoduleintroducesmodesofreadingand
criticalanalysisbroadlyinformedbyanattention
toquestionsofhistory,intertextualityandtheory.
Themoduledealswithmajorconceptualthemes
includinggeographicalandpoliticalspace,
nationhood,colonialism,genre,identityand
subjectivity.You’llreadsomeoftheearliesttexts
whichhaveinfluencedsubsequenttraditionsof
Englishlanguage,literatureandothermedia,
beforemovingontoconsidertextsfromthe
Medievalperiodtothebeginningofthe18th
century.
Past and Present:
Reinventions
Thismodulecoversmaterialfromthe18th
centurytothepresent,involvingclose
comparativestudyofwrittentextsandfilms,
demonstratingthedevelopmentand
transformationofkeyideasandthematic
concernsovertimeandacrossdifferentmedia.
E Year 2
Chaucer and his
Contemporaries
ThismoduleprovidesanintroductiontoEnglish
late-medievalliterature.Wewilllookatreligious
andsecular,courtlyandpopulartraditions,with
themessuchas‘courtlylove’;theconstructionsof
femininityandmasculinityinaChristianchivalric
culture;thewaysinwhichatension-rivensociety
wentaboutpresentingaharmoniousvisionof
itself;andaChristianitythatapproacheditsGod
withamixtureoffamiliarityandawe.
Shots in the Dark:
American Film in
Profile
Thismoduleoffersyouarichinsightintothe
developmentofAmericanfilm,rangingacrossthe
diverseformationsthathaveenabledittobecome
animmenselypopularandinfluentialsourcefor
bothartandentertainment.You’lllookcloselyat
Hollywood,butalsoconsidertheimportant
realmsofindependentfilmmakingandart
cinema,whichhavebroadenedthescopeof
cinematicinnovationandrepresentation.
Englishmodules continued
C Year 2
Desire and Power:
English Literature
1570-1640
ThismoduleintroducesEnglishliterature
writtenduringthemostimportantyearsofthe
EnglishRenaissance,whensocietywasinthe
processofenormouschangeandupheavalatevery
level.Itcoverstheworkofimportantwritersof
theera,includingShakespeare,Marloweand
Spenser,aswellaswomenwriterssuch
asMaryWrothandAemeliaLanyer.
Renaissance,
Reformation and
Rebellion: English
Literature 1580-1700
Introduction to
American Literature
Thismoduleintroducessomeofthemajortexts
andissuesinvolvedintheliteratureoftheUnited
Statesoverthepasttwohundredyears.Major
artisticformsandstylessuchastheAmerican
gothic,poetry,thetaleandtheshortstory,the
emergenceofmodernism,theautobiographyand
theAmericannovelwillbeconsidered,andthe
modulewillconcludebyassessingAmericanfiction
inthecontemporaryera.
Thismoduleintroducesyoutokeydebatesabout
culture,religionandpoliticsinEnglishliteratureof
the16thand17thcenturies.Itbeginswithan
examinationoftherelationshipbetween
Elizabethan/Jacobeantextsandreligiousdebates
aftertheReformation.Itmovesontoattemptsto
developanationalpoetry,andthentotheconflict
betweencelebrationsofBritishroyaltyandrevolts
againstit.ItendswithRestorationliteratureand
culture,raisingquestionsofgender,raceandclass.
Reason and Passion
Thismoduleisanintroductionto18thcentury
Englishliterature.Itemphasisestheimportanceof
politicalandhistoricalcontexts,relationships
betweendifferentwritersoftheperiodandtheir
useofearlierliterature,theformationofacultural
canon,andthedevelopmentofnationalidentities.
Thewritingofthisperiodcanbequiteshocking,
rangingfromviolentpoliticalsatiretoprofound
imaginativecontemplation,fromlamentsabout
ruralpovertytotalesofsexualabandon,andfrom
linescomposedinmadhousestoforgedepics.
From Romanticism
to Decadence
Thismoduleintroducesyoutoabroadrangeof
19thcenturyBritishwriting.Thesyllabusis
roughlychronological,andattentionisgivento
theconventionsofdifferentgenresandcultural
materials(eg,lyricandnarrativepoetry;Gothic,
satireandrealisminnovelsandshortfiction;and
paintingandarchitecture).Themodulealso
foregroundsimportantconceptsoftheperiod,
includingrepresentationsofcountryandcity;
constructionsofidentity;faithanddoubt;
asceticismandaestheticism;artisticand
architecturalreform;LondonandEmpire.
From Modernism to
the Contemporary
Thismoduleintroducesarangeofliterarytexts
fromthebeginningofthe20thcenturytothe
presentday.Itwillfamiliariseyouwithbroad
literarymovementsandculturaltendenciesaswell
asresponsestothesemovements.Themodule
beginswithanexplorationofthestylistic
experimentationofthemodernistmovementin
Britishliterature.Thesecondhalfofthemodule
examinessomeoftheliteraryformsthathave
characterisedthelaterpartofthe20thcentury
untilthepresentday,includingpostmodernist,
neo-Gothic,magicalrealist,feministand
postcolonialliteratures.
Renaissance and
Revolution: 17th
Century Literature
ThismoduleintroducesEnglishliteraturewritten
duringthemostviolentandturbulentperiodof
Englishhistory:the17thcentury.Themodule
coverstheliterarycultureofthecourtsofJamesI,
CharlesIandtherestoredcourtofCharlesII,as
wellasliteraryreactionstotheoutbreakofwar,
theexecutionofthekingandtheruleofOliver
Cromwell.
The Enlightenment:
1700-1799
Themoduleoffersanintroductionto18thcentury
literature,philosophy,andhistorythroughthe
closeexaminationofthreecanonicalauthors.
ReadingworksbyAlexanderPope,HenryFielding,
andSamuelJohnson,youwillbeintroducedto
someofthemostimportantideasandadvancesof
Enlightenmentthought.
The Shock of the
New: Literature
1900-1953
ThemoduleintroducesarangeofBritish,
AmericanandIrishauthorsfromthefirsthalfof
the20thcentury.Thetextswillbestudiedin
relationtotheirpolitical,aestheticandcritical
contexts.Particularattentionwillbepaidto
innovationandexperimentation,totheemergence
anddevelopmentofliteraryandcultural
movementsandtoliterature’sperceived
responsibilityinatimeofchange.
Humanities in
the Workplace
Thismoduleallowsyoutotakeoneortwosubjectrelatedplacements,togainanunderstandingof
howtheskillsandknowledgeacquiredaspartofa
degreeinEnglishareapplicabletotheworkplace.
Itprovidesanopportunityforyoutodevelopan
understandingofabusinessorworkenvironment
throughpracticalworkandtogainexperiencein
theuseoftechnologiesandapplicationscommonly
usedinorganisations.
E
Exeter campuses
C
Cornwall Campus
E Year 3
Romanticism
TheRomanticmovementofthelate18thandearly
19thcenturiestransformedEuropeanculture,and
hadprofoundimplicationsforamodern
understandingoftheself,nature,feeling,gender,
freedom,equality,reasonandtheroleoftheartist
asaninterpreterofallthese.Thismoduleaimsto
exploreawidevarietyofRomanticwriting,
focusingontheyears1780-1830,inorderto
understandthephenomenonofRomanticism,its
relationtohistorical,political,andaesthetic
developments,anditslegacyintoday’sworld.
Acts of Writing:
Literature and Film
1953-Present
Thismoduleconsiderswhetherliteratureandfilm
nowrequirenewmodesofexpressionandnew
voicestoaccommodatetheradicaltransformations
thathavetakenplaceduringthisperiod.Thefocus
willbeonliterature(fiction,non-fiction,poetry
anddrama)fromBritain,Ireland,NorthAmerica
andthepost-colonies.
Heroes and Exiles:
English Poetry of the
Age of Beowulf
Beowulf isoneofthegreatworksofearlyEuropean
literatureandispartofarichbodyofpoetrythat
hascomedowntousfromtheAnglo-Saxonperiod.
Itevokesaworldofbattle-hardenedwarriors;
retainersfaithfultotheirlordsuntodeath;exiles
cutofffromkingroup,overlordsorhusbands;and
occasionallyallowsusglimpsesintoamore
intimate,domesticworld.Themoduleoffersan
introductiontothispoetry,withanemphasison
heroictropesandtraditions,andwithBeowulf asa
regularreference-point.
Shakespeare and
Renaissance Tragedy
Thismoduleexplorestragedieswrittenby
Shakespeareandhiscontemporaries,spanningthe
periodfromThomasKyd’sThe Spanish Tragedy
(c.1589)toJohnFord’s‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore
(1633).Attentionispaidtothedevelopmentof
thegenre,theinteractionbetweendifferent
playwrightsand,throughtheinvestigationof
othertypesoftextwrittenintheperiod,tothe
linksbetweentheplaysandissueswhich
preoccupiedcontemporaryaudiences.
American Childhoods
Thismoduleexaminesthefigureofthechildin
Americanliterature,withanemphasisonits
evolutionthroughthenineteenth-century.It
considersthediverserepresentationsofchildhood
inliteraturewrittenforadultsandforchildren,
whilstalsoplacingtheseaccountsindialoguewith
centralsocio-historicalmovementsand
transatlanticexchangesandinfluential
philosophiesofchildhood.
Imperial Encounters
Inspiredbytheincrediblyrichandvariedglobal
visionswhichpermeatedVictorianculture,this
moduleexaminesarangeoftextsandmediafrom
aperiodwhichsawBritainestablishitselfasthe
world’sforemostsuperpower.Questions
concerningVictorianideasaboutrace,gender,
sexuality,class,religion,scienceandtechnology,
colonizationandglobalizationwillbeaddressed
throughnovels,shortstoriesandpoetry,and
linkedwithimportantarchivalmaterialsheldby
Exeter,includingpopularnewspapers,journals,
magazines,panoramasandmapsfromtheperiod.
Cityscapes
Fromstarkdepictionsofurbanpovertyto
spectacularvisionsoffuturisticmetropolises,the
cityandcitydwellershavebeenpersistentsubjects
of20thcenturymedia.Thismoduleexploresa
broadlychronologicalseriesofrepresentationsof
thecity,consideringexemplarytextsespecially
fromthecinema,butalsofromliteratureand
popularfiction,graphicart,photographyand
television.
Serious Play: Creative Thismoduleexaminesawiderangeofliterary
Writing Workshop
devicesemployedbycontemporaryauthorsto
structuretheirwritinginoriginalways,including:
traditionalandinnovativeforms,novels,short
fiction,poetry,journals,andsomeexperimental
works.You’llexplorethesewritingtechniquesand
devicesasmodelsforyourownoriginalcreative
writingand,asaresult,willdeveloptherangeof
yourownwritingprocesses.
The Gothic
Forover200years,gothictropes,motifsand
symbolshaveprovidedwriterswithashared
‘language’throughwhichtheycouldgrapple
withthecomplexitiesandambiguitiesof
Enlightenment,reasonandrationality,with
scientificprogress,withemergingcapitalism,
withimperialism,withurbanlife,withpolitical
turmoil.Thismodulewillexplorehow,behind
theserathermomentousquestions,thegothic
hasraised,andcontinuestoraise,somefearful
spectres.
Englishmodules continued
C Year 3
Literature and the
Environment
Thismoduledemonstrateshowcurrentissuesin
ecologycanbeinformedbyexaminingthe
relationshipbetweenliteratureandthe
environment:whatismeantby‘nature’,how
natureframestextsandhumanidentities,and
howwritingenablesustoreadnatureindifferent
ways.Themoduleincludesthecreationofa
literarytrail,aninnovativeproblem-basedlearning
component.
Women and Writing:
Romantic to Modern
Thismoduleexaminesthedevelopmentof
women’swritingfromthelate18thuntiltheearly
20thcentury.Thecoursefocusesuponhow
women’swritinghasengagedwithavarietyof
socialissuesincludingmarriage,industrialism,
education,women’ssuffrage,theriseof
psychoanalysis,classdivisionandwar.Central
issuesconsideredincludetheproblemofmale
pseudonymsandnarrators;theinfluenceof
literaryconventions;andthechangingwaysin
whichwomenwritershaverespondedtodominant
ideologiessurroundingfemalesexualityand
woman’sroles.
Witchcraft and Magic Thismoduleintroducesyoutothethemeofmagic
andwitchcraftinBritishandAmericanliterature
in Literature
andfilm,situatingitwithinbothearlymodern
witchcraftandits20thcentury‘reincarnation’.
Themodulebeginswithadiscussionofmedieval
viewsofwitchcraft,askingwhetherfearof
witchcraftwas/isentirelygender-based.Itgoeson
toexamineearlymodernEnglishaccountsof‘real’
witchesinpopularliteratureandonthestage,and
includesAmericanstoriesofwitchcraft.The
moduleconcludeswithsomewell-knownBritish
textsonwitchcraft:Macbeth,The Witches andthe
HarryPotterbooks.
Thismoduleexaminesarangeofshortstories
inordertodevelopacriticalsenseofthevarious
componentsoftheform(character,voice,plot,
style,etc.).Shortweeklyexerciseswillaugment
discussionandbytheendofthemoduleyou’ll
havecomposedafirstdraftandsubsequent
revisionoftwofull-length,originalshortstories.
Themodulewillemphasisetheprocessof
developingstoryideas,drafting,revising
andediting.
Writing Realist
Short Fiction
E
Exeter campuses
C
Cornwall Campus
James Joyce’s Ulysses
JamesJoyce’sUlysses istheconsummate
masterpieceofLiteraryHighModernism.
It’salsofamouslychallengingtoread,asmany
whohavetrieditontheirownhavediscovered.
Butreadcollaboratively,asJoyceintended,with
eachreadercontributinghisorhercultural,
literaryandhistoricalinsights,theworkreveals
itsrichhumour,splendidobscenity,dazzling
inventivenessand,mostofall,itsprofound
emotion.
Literature, Culture
and Crisis in Early
Modern England
Throughtheclose-readingofarangeofliterary
textsalongwithcontemporaryofficialdocuments,
manuscripts,maps,economicandscientific
manuals,themoduleexaminesthemeaningof
‘crisis’inearlymoderncultureanddiscovershow
itsassociatedfearsstimulatedhumaningenuity
andimaginationinvariedfieldsofactivity.
Rhythm Nation:
Victorian Poetry
and Culture
ThismoduleexploresthepoetryoftheVictorian
Age(1837-1901),aperiodrichinverse
experimentsandtheories.Themoduleenablesyou
toreadarangeofcanonicalpoets–Matthew
Arnold,ElizabethBarrettBrowning,Robert
Browning,AlfredTennyson–aswellaslesserknownones–GeorgeMeredith,AlgernonCharles
Swinburne,MichaelField–andencouragesan
awarenessofpoetry’sintersectionswiththe
broadersocialandculturaldebatesoftheperiod.
Alongsidepoems,youwillexplorethediversityof
Victorianpoetics,fromthedramaticmonologueto
experimentalmetrics.
Early Women’s
Writing 1500-1700
Thismoduleexaminesthewritingofwomen
authorsofdifferentsocial,political,religious,and
economicstatus.You’llencounter,acrossthe
chronologicalrange1500-1700,thevarietyof
women’swritingintheperiod–lyrics,sonnets,
romances,letters,politicalpamphlets,prophetic
exhortations,andplays.Theseworkswillbe
comparedtosimilarmale-authoredworkswith
whichyoumayalreadybefamiliar.
Tolkien: Scholar,
Critic, Writer
J.R.R.Tolkienisoneofthemostinfluentialwriters
ofthe20thcentury–andoneofthemost
neglectedfiguresinacademicliterarycriticism.
Thismoduleaimstoredressthisbyexamining
Tolkienasawriter,criticandscholar,andby
investigatingthepopularcultureinspiredbyhis
workinfilm,music,gamingandephemera.
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Cornwall phone:+44(0)1326371801,
email:[email protected]
Post-Offer Open Days
Onceyoureceiveconfirmationofanoffer
we’llcontactyouwithaninvitationtovisit
usonaPost-OfferOpenDay,whichwillgive
youthechancetofindoutmoreaboutyour
courseanddepartmentanddecidewhether
toacceptouroffer.Whilethisopportunity
tovisitincludesacampustourandformal
introductiontothedepartment,much
emphasisisplacedonamoreinformal
periodforquestionsandanswers.Anumber
ofourcurrentstudentsalsotakeparton
thesedays,leadingtoursandgivingyou
theopportunitytoaskthemwhatstudying
hereisreallylike!Post-OfferOpenDaystake
placeduringtheperiodJanuarytoApril.
TheUniversity’sundergraduateprospectusprovidesmore
informationabouttheUniversityandthefullrangeof
undergraduatedegreesoffered.
Youcanobtainacopyfromwww.exeter.ac.uk/prospectus
This document forms part of the University’s undergraduate prospectus. Every effort has been made to
ensure that the information contained in the Prospectus is correct at the time of going to print. The
University will endeavour to deliver programmes and other services in accordance with the descriptions
provided on the website and in this prospectus. The University reserves the right to make variations to
programme content, entry requirements and methods of delivery and to discontinue, merge or combine
programmes, both before and after a student’s admission to the University. Full terms and conditions can
be found at www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications/disclaimer
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