BA English and French

Institution University of Warwick
Method At the institution
Location Coventry
Type Undergraduate
Course fee By request

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BA English and French

Objectives This joint degree allows the student to explore English literature along with the foreign literature which has been most closely allied to it. The French language component is the same as in the degree in French Studies, ensuring that graduates have exactly the same linguistic qualification as other graduates of French. The aim of the degree is to study some of the ways in which, from Chaucer to the present day, English and French writers have themselves created ‘comparative literature’ by learning from, or reacting against, the literature of the other country.
Entry requirements General university admissions requirements All applicants must possess a minimum level of competence in English Language and in Mathematics or a Science. A pass at Grade C or above in GCSE English Language and in Mathematics or a Science, or an equivalent qualification, fulfils this requirement. For some courses, requirements are above this University minimum, so you should check the relevant course-specific entry requirements in our hard copy prospectus which you can order online or browse on our online directory. We usually ask for candidates to show a broad base of study at GCSE level (or equivalent) with passes in at least five subjects from a range of disciplines.
Academic title BA English and French
Course description BA English and French

Programme

Year One

-Modern French Language I.
-either The French Imagination, or French Culture and Society from the Middle Ages to the Revolution.
-Medieval to Renaissance Literature.
-Approaches to Reading in English and French. Students taking this seminar module may also attend the lecture module ‘Literature in the Modern World’.

Year Two

-Modern French Language II (taught in French).
-Comparative Literature I: English and French Romanticism.
-One from European Theatre; Literary and Cultural Theory; 17th-Century Literature and Culture; Poetry and Society: Romantics and Victorians, an approved Option offered by the Department of English, or any other department; or American Literature I.

Year Three

Spent in France.

Year Four

-Modern French Language III.
-Shakespeare and Selected Dramatists of his Time or another approved Option offered by the English Department.
-Comparative Literature II: Modernism and Post-Modernism