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English and
Creative Writing
2020
Undergraduate
Course Guide
Welcome to English and Creative Writing at the University of Hull
English and Creative Writing
English and Courses
Creative Writing What we offer ...
at the University of Hull
Typical Example UCAS
Course offer A levels code
BA English 120 BBB Q300
English is a vast and rewarding subject; it enriches our BA Creative Writing and English 120 BBB WQ83
lives intellectually and deepens our understanding BA English and American Literature and Culture 120 BBB QT37
of history, humanity and the world around us. Think BA Creative Writing and Film Studies 112 BBC WW86
about every jaw-dropping plot twist you’ve ever read; BA Drama and English 112 BBC QW34
every exquisite description; every perfectly fleshed-out BA English and Film Studies 112 BBC QP33
character. Then think about enjoying them every day, § Entry requirements are different for foundation year; please contact our Admissions Service for guidance.
alongside others who ‘get’ them just as much as you do. Your points can be from any qualification on the UCAS tariff, but at least 80 points should be from two or more
A levels, or a combination of appropriate Level 3 qualifications.
If you’d like to combine the study of English literature with creative writing, you’ll
probably like to know that our creative writing tutors are published authors (of For more information, please visit www.hull.ac.uk/ugenglish
novels, scripts, poems, non-fiction and short stories) who bring their experience and
creativity into the lecture theatre.
We offer a vibrant portfolio of modules which take you on an adventure in literature
from the medieval era to the 21st century, taking in English and American authors of
poetry, plays, short fiction, creative writing and novels.
And you’ll find plenty of opportunities to make your own mark – with an active
English Society run through the students’ union, and Hull Scribbler: an annually
published, creative writing anthology which encourages submissions from students.
You’ll also get the chance to present or perform your own work at our student
writing showcases.
The Philip Larkin Centre for Poetry and Creative Writing attracts prestigious guest
speakers – like Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, and Booker Prize winning authors,
Hilary Mantel and Julian Barnes – as well as new talent.
We’re always looking to improve our courses. Which means we do review our modules from time to time,
There’s a buzzing literary scene in the city. In 2017 and 2018, we hosted the BBC’s
to make sure they’re of a high standard and are relevant to you and to your potential future employers. The
Contains Strong Language – the UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival of information in this guide is correct at the time of going to print, but some of the modules you can choose to
new writing. Groups like Away with Words and Women of Words are part of the local study could change still before 2020. Please contact our admissions team if you do have any questions or for
poetry circuit, generating lively performance and discussion. further information on admissions@hull.ac.uk.
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Course structure How are degrees taught? Most of our undergraduate courses are made up of study units called modules. You’ll be assessed after each module, and the average of all your module assessments for the year is your overall result for that year. Can I pick and choose modules? Yes, to an extent. Some modules are compulsory, so you have to take them. Within that compulsory group are some ‘core’ modules, too. They’re essential to the course (to make sure our degrees qualify for relevant accreditation, for example), so they’ll never change and you have to pass them. That said, some of our modules are optional – so you can pick what you study to suit your interests and career goals. How many modules will I take? Usually, you’ll take six modules a year: three from the start of term to Christmas, and three more between January and the summer. Later in your course, some modules – like larger-scale projects or a dissertation – might count as two modules and run for the full year. 6 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2020 | 7
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Career advice and support
Our team give you expert career advice and training. We’ll help you explore your
options and progress into a career you’ll love. You’ll learn how to apply for jobs, prep
for interviews and impress potential employers.
We can also get you into the room with a range of employers at on campus events.
Networking helps you plan your career path and can open doors to internships and
job offers.
96%
of students in work or
further study six months
after graduating.*
* UK domicile full-time first degree leavers; Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey for the
academic year 2016/17, published by HESA 2018.
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English and Creative Writing
BA English Year 2 modules
In the second year, you’ll expand
Visionaries and Rebels: Romantic
Poets from Blake to Tennyson
On this module, you’ll discover
and deepen your chronological and Romanticism – a movement which gave
Typical offer 120 Year 1 modules thematic knowledge of literature. You birth to some of the greatest poetry in
choose six modules, including at least the English language.
Compulsory one from each of four specified strands.
Example A levels BBB Brief Encounters with the Victorians
Literature Lab
In this module, you’ll acquire essential Medieval and Renaissance Literature Examine shorter narratives of the
UCAS code Q300 skills for the study of literature, as well and Culture Victorian period, by some of its most
as general academic skills. You’ll also Optional influential authors. You’ll address key
develop your essay writing, presenting, issues relating to industrialisation, class,
Literature affects how we research and referencing. The Age of Chivalry and Romance gender and imperialism.
think about and communicate You’ll learn about and evaluate the
Reading Fiction medieval culture of chivalry and courtly Twentieth-Century and Contemporary
with the world around us. Explore the techniques, conventions love, then see how it was received in the Literature and Culture
It informs our understanding and developments of the novel from ‘real’ world of later medieval England.
of ourselves and other the 18th century to today. You’ll engage Optional
with relevant contexts, studying authors Love and Desire in Renaissance British and American Modernism
cultures, past and present. Literature, c.1530–1633
from Austen to Ondaatje. Explore a diverse literary period
Explore literature from the Study the development of the most through authors on both sides of the
medieval era to the 21st Travels in Text and Time passionate and erotic representations Atlantic who stood for radical change.
Time-travelling across three centuries of love and desire in English poetry and
century. Our portfolio of of English literature, this module drama from the 1530s to the 1630s.
Featured writers include T S Eliot,
Virginia Woolf and F Scott Fitzgerald.
modules covers English introduces you to key English writers,
Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama
and American poetry, short crossing boundaries between medieval
Meet Shakespeare amid the vibrant
Voyage Out: Travel, Empire and
and Renaissance works. Cultural Encounters
fiction, modernism, drama, theatrical milieu of late 16th and early Examine encounters between travellers
children’s literature, gothic, Classics of British Children’s Fiction 17th-century London, where he was and the cultures they visit through
horror and crime fiction. This This module introduces you to the among a number of inventive and a study of the literature of travel,
academic study of children’s literature influential playwrights of the time. including fictional accounts and visual
programme scored 100% for based on texts from Alice’s Adventures
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century representations like art and film.
overall satisfaction in the 2019 in Wonderland to Harry Potter.
Literature and Culture
National Student Survey.* Themes in Literature
Reading Poetry
This module introduces you to different Optional Optional
forms of poetry from the Renaissance Sentiment and Scandal: Literature of The Child in British and American
to the present day, via a combination of the Long 18th Century Literature and Culture
lectures, workshops and seminars. Explore sentiment and satire, sensibility Discover the ways that the
and scandal in a module which focuses contradictory image of the child has
Drama and Performance on the diversity, innovations and
We’ll introduce you to a range of plays, been represented in literary texts in
influence of 18th-century poetry, drama Britain and America, from the 19th
ancient and modern, each of which is a and fiction.
theatrical and cultural landmark. Often a century through to the present day.
* University of Hull analysis of unpublished NSS data
provocative one.
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English and Creative Writing
Written on the Body: Rethinking
Gender and Sexuality
On this module, you’ll take a fresh look
Special Author: Shakespeare
Study plays from the whole range of
Shakespeare’s dramatic career, from
BA Creative Writing and
at contemporary human relations with a
focus on sexuality, gender and the body.
the early 1590s to around 1610, with
a selection of comedies, histories, English
tragedies and tragicomedies.
Final-year modules
List B Typical offer 120 Year 1 modules
Compulsory Compulsory
Dissertation Optional Example A levels BBB
Gothic The Writer’s Toolkit
Make your original contribution to
On this module you’ll analyse the This module introduces you to key
research by designing, carrying out and UCAS code WQ83
Gothic, from the conception of concepts such as characterisation,
writing up your own project on a topic
the genre in the 18th century to dialogue and point of view. Exploring a
that you choose, supported by your
range of prose forms, you’ll develop and
dissertation supervisor. its manifestation in contemporary Hull has a long association refine your own writing craft.
literature and film.
You’ll also choose four option modules, with creative writing. The
Literature Lab
including at least one from List A and Crime Fiction: Reading the Body, city’s the former home of In this module, you’ll acquire essential
one from List B. Reading the Signs
poets Andrew Marvell and skills for the study of literature, as well
Investigate the two main crime fiction
List A traditions: classical and hardboiled. Philip Larkin, while the as general academic skills. You’ll also
Then analyse four novels from the many University counts the likes develop your essay writing, presenting,
Optional subgenres that have developed more research and referencing.
Playing God: Late Medieval Drama,
of Douglas Dunn and Roger
recently. Poetry, Performance, Play
from Page to Stage McGough among its alumni.
Discover how to express voice and
Explores the vibrant drama of late Secrets and Lies: Victorian Decadence Here, you’ll develop your form in poetry and in drama. You’ll
medieval England. Alongside study of and Degeneration 1860–1901
Explore new forms of writing which
confidence in writing by develop your own writing skills through
each text, you’ll be able to reimagine
the play in performance, using theatre focus on alternative or hidden aspects moving from building core experimentation and collaboration as
of Victorian society, such as the new skills to self-directed longer you build an original portfolio.
workshops, field trips and archives.
woman, the homosexual man, the pieces, while experimenting Reading Fiction
Unruly Subjects and Renaissance Texts foreigner and the poor.
in different genres. Explore the techniques, conventions
How 16th and early 17th-century writing
Childhood Trauma and its Aftermath in and developments of the novel from
treated controversial issues of the day
Contemporary Fiction the 18th century to today. You’ll engage
such as rebellion, sexual misconduct,
Study the ways that contemporary with relevant contexts, studying authors
cross-dressing and witchcraft.
novels and ‘misery memoirs’ present from Austen to Ondaatje.
Authorship and Identity in Renaissance childhood trauma that impacts on
Literature Reading Poetry
adolescence and adulthood. This module introduces you to different
Study how English Renaissance writers
deliberately fashioned themselves forms of poetry from the Renaissance
as ‘authors’, in relation to previous to the present day, via a combination of
writers from Classical and Early Modern lectures, workshops and seminars.
European literary traditions.
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English and Creative Writing
Facts into Art The Age of Chivalry and Romance
You’re the world authority on what it’s You’ll learn about and evaluate the
like to be you. This module gives you medieval culture of chivalry and courtly “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my
the skills and confidence to write from love, then see how it was received in the time studying English and
what you know and explore what’s ‘real’ world of later medieval England. Creative Writing at the
beyond your imagination. University of Hull. I poured my
Love and Desire in Renaissance heart and soul into this degree,
Year 2 modules Literature, c.1530–1633 and I absolutely feel that I’ve
Study the development of the most bettered myself over the last
Compulsory passionate and erotic representations three years. This has been due
The Storyteller’s Art of love and desire in English poetry and to the outstanding level of
Develop your understanding of drama from the 1530s to the 1630s. teaching in both the English
recurring themes and narrative Visionaries and Rebels: Romantic and the Creative Writing
techniques in myth and fairy tales – and Poets from Blake to Tennyson departments”.
develop your ability to create work that On this module, you’ll discover
engages with these perennial themes. Mike Robinson, BA Creative
Romanticism – a movement which gave
Writing and English
Scriptwriting birth to some of the greatest poetry in
Explore the importance of the the English language.
principles behind the structure of a Brief Encounters with the Victorians
script, the creation of character and the Examine shorter narratives of the
manipulation of tension. Victorian period, by some of its most
Writing Poetry Now influential authors. You’ll address key
Discover the best of the range of issues relating to industrialisation, class,
poetries being written now. Develop gender and imperialism.
your own writing skills as you create an British and American Modernism
effective and technically accomplished Explore a diverse literary period
original portfolio. through authors on both sides of the
Writing the Novel Atlantic who stood for radical change.
How does an opening chapter make Featured writers include T S Eliot,
the rest of a novel inevitable? Through Virginia Woolf and F Scott Fitzgerald.
reading, workshops and studies of The Child in British and American
character, plot and structure, you’ll kick- Literature and Culture
start your own novel. Discover the ways that the
The Short Story contradictory image of the child has
On this module, you’ll increase your been represented in literary texts in
knowledge of the short story form and Britain and America, from the 19th
develop your capacity to craft initial century through to the present day.
ideas into engaging short fiction.
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English and Creative Writing
Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama Creative Writing Portfolio – Making Childhood Trauma and its Aftermath in
Meet Shakespeare amid the vibrant Yourself Heard Contemporary Fiction
theatrical milieu of late 16th and early You’ll refine the writing voice for your Study the ways that contemporary
17th-century London, where he was portfolio and work with others to novels and ‘misery memoirs’ present
among a number of inventive and improve your editing. You’ll submit work childhood trauma that impacts on
influential playwrights of the time. for publication, put on a showcase event adolescence and adulthood.
or publish a magazine.
Sentiment and Scandal: Literature of Special Author: Shakespeare
the Long 18th Century Optional Study plays from the whole range of
Explore sentiment and satire, sensibility Shakespeare’s dramatic career, from
Playing God: Late Medieval Drama,
and scandal in a module which focuses from Page to Stage the early 1590s to around 1610, with
on the diversity, innovations and Explores the vibrant drama of late a selection of comedies, histories,
influence of 18th-century poetry, drama medieval England. Alongside study of tragedies and tragicomedies.
and fiction. each text, you’ll be able to reimagine Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror: Writing the
Voyage Out: Travel, Empire and the play in performance, using theatre Wondrous and the Weird
Cultural Encounters workshops, field trips and archives. Create and populate a new world,
Examine encounters between travellers discovering a gateway into the esoteric
Unruly Subjects and Renaissance Texts
and the cultures they visit through elements of these genres – including
How 16th and early 17th-century writing
a study of the literature of travel, magic, futurism, scientific advancement
treated controversial issues of the day
including fictional accounts and visual and the end of the world.
such as rebellion, sexual misconduct,
representations like art and film.
cross-dressing and witchcraft. Historical Fantasy: Malory to Gaiman
Written on the Body: Rethinking Explore the make-up and construction
Gothic
Gender and Sexuality of fantasy, studying works by J R R
On this module you’ll analyse the Gothic,
On this module, you’ll take a fresh look Tolkien, George R R Martin, Mimi Yu and
from the conception of the genre in
at contemporary human relations with a Neil Gaiman. You’ll focus on the craft of
the 18th century to its manifestation in
focus on sexuality, gender and the body. world building.
contemporary literature and film.
Year 3 modules Crime Fiction: Reading the Body,
Reading the Signs
Compulsory Investigate the two main crime fiction
Creative Writing Portfolio – Giving traditions: classical and hardboiled.
Voice Then analyse four novels from the many
What form suits you: playwriting, subgenres that have developed more
screenwriting, the novel, short stories, recently.
nonfiction, poetry? Choose your form
and progress towards a portfolio that Secrets and Lies: Victorian Decadence
showcases your best writing. and Degeneration 1860–1901
Explore new forms of writing which
focus on alternative or hidden aspects
of Victorian society, such as the new
woman, the homosexual man, the
foreigner and the poor.
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English and Creative Writing
BA English and American American History – Birth of a Nation
Discover the triumphs and tragedies
of American history before 1900: The
Visionaries and Rebels: Romantic
Poets from Blake to Tennyson
On this module, you’ll discover
Literature and Culture struggle for independence. The rise and
fall of slavery. The winners and losers of
Romanticism – a movement which gave
birth to some of the greatest poetry in
westward expansion. the English language.
Typical offer 120 Year 1 modules Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama
Year 2 modules
Compulsory Meet Shakespeare amid the vibrant
Example A levels BBB Optional theatrical milieu of late 16th and early
Literature Lab 17th-century London, where he was
In this module, you’ll acquire essential The Age of Chivalry and Romance
UCAS code QT37 You’ll learn about and evaluate the among a number of inventive and
skills for the study of literature, as well influential playwrights of the time.
as general academic skills. You’ll also medieval culture of chivalry and courtly
develop your essay writing, presenting, love, then see how it was received in the Sentiment and Scandal: Literature of
Between Hull and Hollywood research and referencing. ‘real’ world of later medieval England. the Long 18th Century
stretch two nations’ worth Brief Encounters with the Victorians Explore sentiment and satire, sensibility
Transformative Texts of American and scandal in a module which focuses
of literary excellence which Literature Examine shorter narratives of the
on the diversity, innovations and
has defined much of the You’ll study a selection of American Victorian period, by some of its most
influence of 18th-century poetry, drama
influential authors. You’ll address key
modern world. Explore them novels, plays and poems that changed and fiction.
not only American literature but how we issues relating to industrialisation, class,
both on this course. You’ll gender and imperialism.
think about crucial social issues. Voyage Out: Travel, Empire and
deepen your understanding Cultural Encounters
Travels in Text and Time British and American Modernism
of the culture and history of Explore a diverse literary period Examine encounters between travellers
Time-travelling across three centuries and the cultures they visit through
Britain and the United States of English literature, this module through authors on both sides of the
a study of the literature of travel,
by covering topics including introduces you to key English writers, Atlantic who stood for radical change.
including fictional accounts and visual
literature, cultural studies, crossing boundaries between medieval Featured writers include T S Eliot,
Virginia Woolf and F Scott Fitzgerald. representations like art and film.
film and TV, visual studies and Renaissance works.
The Child in British and American Written on the Body: Rethinking
and history. America in Theory Gender and Sexuality
Enhance your understanding of US Literature and Culture
Discover the ways that the On this module, you’ll take a fresh look
culture, history, and society. We’ll at contemporary human relations with a
explore feminist readings of American contradictory image of the child has
been represented in literary texts in focus on sexuality, gender and the body.
TV shows and use critical race theories
to examine gangsta rap. Britain and America, from the 19th New York City in Culture
century through to the present day. Perhaps the most recognisable
Reading Fiction American city and arguably the USA’s
Explore the techniques, conventions Love and Desire in Renaissance
Literature, c.1530–1633 cultural capital. This module looks at
and developments of the novel from New York as the setting and subject of
Study the development of the most
the 18th century to today. You’ll engage works of different media and genre.
passionate and erotic representations
with relevant contexts, studying authors
of love and desire in English poetry and
from Austen to Ondaatje.
drama from the 1530s to the 1630s.
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Musical-Made America Gothic Shakespearean Transformations The Civil War in American History and
The musical is a distinctively American On this module you’ll analyse the Explore how Shakespeare borrowed Culture
genre. Examine how Hollywood and Gothic, from the conception of and adapted existing plays. You’ll Explore the American Civil War’s
Broadway have created spaces to the genre in the 18th century to consider Shakespeare’s work in terms seismic impact on US politics, society
represent and reimagine the USA’s its manifestation in contemporary of adaptation, imitation, conversion and and culture. You’ll learn about the
sexual, racial and political identities. literature and film. originality. conflict and its outcomes, as well as its
continuing – and contested – legacy.
Reagan’s Polarised America; a Cultural Playing God: Late Medieval Drama, Secrets and Lies: Victorian Decadence
Study of the USA in the 1980s from Page to Stage and Degeneration 1860–1901 Telling the Truth: American
Looking at the turbulent events of the Explores the vibrant drama of late Explore new forms of writing which Documentary Culture from the
80s can help us understand today’s medieval England. Alongside study of focus on alternative or hidden aspects Muckrakers to Fake News
USA. You’ll study popular cultural texts each text, you’ll be able to reimagine of Victorian society, such as the new Explore how photographers and
to shed light on American identities, the play in performance, using theatre woman, the homosexual man, the filmmakers have documented American
politics and representations. workshops, field trips and archives. foreigner and the poor. society from the early 20th century to
the present day, on a module with a
The Fire Next Time: from Slavery to Unruly Subjects and Renaissance Texts Special Author: Shakespeare focus on visual culture.
Civil Rights How 16th and early 17th-century writing Study plays from the whole range of
Explore African-American history and treated controversial issues of the day Shakespeare’s dramatic career, from
culture from the arrival of the first such as rebellion, sexual misconduct, the early 1590s to around 1610, with
kidnapped Africans to the assassination cross-dressing and witchcraft. a selection of comedies, histories,
of Martin Luther King Jr. tragedies and tragicomedies.
The Globalisation of American Culture:
Year 3 modules International Perspectives on America American History by Hollywood
as a Cultural Superpower Film-makers have long used the history
Compulsory Is the world becoming ever more of the USA as a source of stories and
Dissertation and Dissertation ‘Americanised’? Or can countries characters. This module compares
Preparation and peoples resist the USA’s ‘cultural Hollywood’s version with what historical
Make your original contribution to imperialism’? This module explores the sources say ‘really’ happened.
research by designing, carrying out and impact of Americanisation.
Disney Studies
writing up your own project on a topic
Childhood Trauma and its Aftermath in An in-depth exploration of the
that you choose, supported by your Contemporary Fiction history and impact of Disney’s global
dissertation supervisor. Study the ways that contemporary entertainment empire.
Optional novels and ‘misery memoirs’ present
childhood trauma that impacts on Doin’ Time: American Prison Culture of
Crime Fiction: Reading the Body, adolescence and adulthood. the 20th and 21st Centuries
Reading the Signs Get an overview of the key debates
Investigate the two main crime fiction Crossing the Line: Frontiers in the and concepts in American prison
traditions: classical and hardboiled. Literature of America studies as we explore one of the world’s
Then analyse four novels from the many Examine how cultural exchange, largest prison systems and the cultural
subgenres that have developed more interaction and migration have shaped responses it’s spawned.
recently. the US, Canada, Mexico and the
Caribbean by studying texts that cross
lines between cultures.
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BA Creative Writing and The Craft of Filmmaking
Get insight into the practical and
collaborative elements of filmmaking,
American Alternative Cinema
Go beyond the Hollywood mainstream
with case studies including
Film Studies on a module which introduce you to
direction, cinematography, production
independent, cult, exploitation, trash
and underground movies.
management, editing and audio.
American Animation History
Typical offer 112 Year 1 modules On this module, you’ll develop a
Year 2 modules
Compulsory deeper understanding of the history
Example A levels BBC Compulsory of American animation by taking an
The Writer’s Toolkit
The Storyteller’s Art in-depth look at the genre.
This module introduces you to key
UCAS code WW86 concepts such as characterisation,
Learn how film stories are put together
Representing the Real, Disclosing
and how to take them apart. You’ll Truth, and Capturing the Everyday
dialogue and point of view. Exploring a
explore topics including exposition, Explore how film and TV represents
range of prose forms, you’ll develop and
Develop your skills in refine your own writing craft.
closure, suspense and temporal reality and why – in an era of alternative
writing and experimenting ordering. facts and fake news – representing
Poetry, Performance, Play
in different genres. You’ll also Discover how to express voice and Optional reality matters. You’ll consider
documentaries, news and more.
look at film as art, history, form in poetry and in drama. You’ll Scriptwriting
culture, entertainment and develop your own writing skills through Explore the importance of the Screening Genders
experimentation and collaboration as principles behind the structure of a Critically examine the representation of
commerce. On this course
you build an original portfolio. script, the creation of character and the gender on screen through the lens of
you’ll benefit from the manipulation of tension. feminist film theory.
renowned Larkin Centre for Writing Criticism
Sharpen your film analysis skills. You’ll The Short Story Television and Factual Production
Poetry and Creative Writing, examine a range of different types On this module, you’ll increase your Produce factual content suitable for
as well as our brand-new of cinema and complete a series of knowledge of the short story form and broadcast as part of a small production
Middleton Hall cinema and exercises to help you become a better develop your capacity to craft initial crew. It’s an opportunity to develop your
media space. film critic. ideas into engaging short fiction. production skills and learn about TV and
factual production.
History of Hollywood Cinema Writing Poetry Now
In this module, you’ll explore the history Discover the best of the range of Moving Image Techniques
of Hollywood cinema in the context of poetries being written now. Develop Learn to manipulate image and sound –
US social, cultural, and political history. your own writing skills as you create an and create your own experimental film
effective and technically accomplished or music video.
Facts into Art
original portfolio.
You’re the world authority on what it’s
like to be you. This module gives you Writing the Novel
the skills and confidence to write from How does an opening chapter make
what you know and explore what’s the rest of a novel inevitable? Through
beyond your imagination. reading, workshops and studies of
character, plot and structure, you’ll kick-
start your own novel.
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Year 3 modules
Compulsory
Is Television History?
Reflect on the ways that television
can both do history and be history,
BA Drama and English
Creative Writing Portfolio – Giving Voice with case studies ranging from period
What form suits you: playwriting, dramas to historical documentaries. Typical offer 112 Year 1 modules
screenwriting, the novel, short stories, Compulsory
Screen Production Project 1: Planning
nonfiction, poetry? Choose your form
and Pre-Production
Example A levels BBC Approaches to Theatre 1
and progress towards a portfolio that
Turn your film idea into a workable Looking at plays from different periods
showcases your best writing. UCAS code QW34
professional project before you step and historic cultures, you’ll explore
Creative Writing Portfolio – Making into production. Learn what it takes to theatre in discussions and performance
Yourself Heard create a film before pitching your idea, workshops.
You’ll refine the writing voice for your ready for the next steps. Combine the study of
drama and English to revel Approaches to Theatre 2
portfolio and work with others to
Screen Production Project 2: Filming This module loosely follows Approaches
improve your editing. You’ll submit work
and Post-Production in language, literature and to Theatre 1, exploring play texts
for publication, put on a showcase event performance at a university
Create your film. Take the reins and theoretically and practically, with a view
or publish a magazine.
follow the project through from whose graduates go on to to a particular theme.
Optional pre-production to shooting, editing, write and perform around the Safe Working Practices
screening and review.
Writing the City world. On this course, you’ll Develop competency in specialist areas
This module explores the changing Dissertation of theatre production. You’ll explore
engage with dramatic texts,
nature of cities. You’ll what you’ve Make your original contribution to safe working practices and technical
learned from studying a variety of research by designing, carrying out and theatre history, modes of possibilities so you can get the most out
material to help create new narratives writing up your own project on a topic criticism and a wide range of of our performance spaces.
of the city. that you choose, supported by your performance practices. Travels in Text and Time
dissertation supervisor.
Disney Studies Time-travelling across three centuries
An in-depth exploration of the Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror: Writing the of English literature, this module
history and impact of Disney’s global Wondrous and the Weird introduces you to key English writers,
entertainment empire. Create and populate a new world, crossing boundaries between medieval
discovering a gateway into the esoteric and Renaissance works.
East Asian Cinema
elements of these genres – including
Study the dynamic and diverse film Literature Lab
magic, futurism, scientific advancement
output of countries including China, In this module, you’ll acquire essential
and the end of the world.
South Korea and Japan, and reflect on skills for the study of literature, as well
film as a ‘transnational’ phenomenon. as general academic skills. You’ll also
develop your essay writing, presenting,
Global Nightmares: Contemporary
Horror Cinema from around the World research and referencing.
Analyse contemporary horror films in Drama and Performance
the national context of their respective We’ll introduce you to a range of plays,
country. You’ll study movies including ancient and modern, each of which is a
It, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, theatrical and cultural landmark. Often a
[REC], and À l’intérieur/Inside. provocative one.
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Year 2 modules Exploratory Practices 1 Visionaries and Rebels: Romantic Year 3 modules
This module focuses on the skills for Poets from Blake to Tennyson
Compulsory developing a production, including On this module, you’ll discover Optional
Theatre Practice 1 : Research and textual and thematic context, practical Romanticism – a movement which gave Making Performance: Research and
Development methodology, creative concept, birth to some of the greatest poetry in Development 1
Working with a staff project leader, planning and time management. the English language. In student-directed ‘companies’, you’ll
you’ll develop your theatre-making carry out research and dramaturgical
Performance Perspectives 2: Contexts Brief Encounters with the Victorians
skills through research and planning development – working towards the
and Criticisms Examine shorter narratives of the
activities, devising exercises and performance of an original production
Examine frameworks for understanding Victorian period, by some of its most
practical workshops. the following trimester.
performance from a range of influential authors. You’ll address key
Theatre Practice 2: Production perspectives. You’ll explore theatre issues relating to industrialisation, class, Making Performance: Production 2
You’ll work with other students to historiography, cultural theory, gender and imperialism. You’ll continue to work in your
create a performance based on what sociopolitical analysis and aesthetics. designated area towards the
Voyage Out: Travel, Empire and
you learned in Theatre Practice 1. You’ll Cultural Encounters performance. Your production will be
Intermediate Technique
engage in workshops and rehearsals, Examine encounters between travellers staged publicly as part of the annual
Develop your skills and understanding
leading to a performance. and the cultures they visit through ‘Making Performance’ season on
in one of the following key production
a study of the literature of travel, campus.
areas: scenography; stage management;
Optional play and scriptwriting. including fictional accounts and visual Dissertation and Dissertation
Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama representations like art and film. Preparation
Meet Shakespeare amid the vibrant Performance Perspectives 1: Making
Make your original contribution to
theatrical milieu of late 16th and early Meaning The Child in British and American
Literature and Culture research by designing, carrying out and
17th-century London, where he was Consider how theatre communicates
Discover the ways that the writing up your own project on a topic
among a number of inventive and with audiences by constructing meaning.
contradictory image of the child has that you choose, supported by your
influential playwrights of the time. You’ll focus on making meaning
been represented in literary texts in dissertation supervisor.
in performance and how theatre
Sentiment and Scandal: Literature of practitioners construct meaning. Britain and America, from the 19th Exploratory Practices 2
the Long 18th Century century through to the present day. Through experimental practice, you’ll
Explore sentiment and satire, sensibility The Age of Chivalry and Romance
Written on the Body: Rethinking come to understand a range of range
and scandal in a module which focuses You’ll learn about and evaluate the
Gender and Sexuality of styles and techniques connected to
on the diversity, innovations and medieval culture of chivalry and courtly
On this module, you’ll take a fresh look developing individual and collaborative
influence of 18th-century poetry, drama love, then see how it was received in the
at contemporary human relations with a theatre skills.
and fiction. ‘real’ world of later medieval England.
focus on sexuality, gender and the body. Performance Perspectives 3:
British and American Modernism Love and Desire in Renaissance
Approaching Audiences
Explore a diverse literary period Literature, c.1530–1633
Consider how theatre of different eras,
through authors on both sides of the Study the development of the most
genres, locations and aesthetics has
Atlantic who stood for radical change. passionate and erotic representations
approached audiences, and how the
Featured writers include T S Eliot, of love and desire in English poetry and
relationship between audience and
Virginia Woolf and F Scott Fitzgerald. drama from the 1530s to the 1630s.
performance can function.
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Playing God: Late Medieval Drama,
from Page to Stage
Explores the vibrant drama of late
Special Author: Shakespeare Study
plays from the whole range of
Shakespeare’s dramatic career, from
BA English and Film
medieval England. Alongside study of
each text, you’ll be able to reimagine
the play in performance, using theatre
the early 1590s to around 1610, with
a selection of comedies, histories,
tragedies and tragicomedies.
Studies
workshops, field trips and archives. Year 1 modules
Historical Fantasy: Malory to Gaiman Typical offer 112
Gothic Explore the make-up and construction
On this module you’ll analyse the of fantasy, studying works by J R R
Compulsory
Example A levels BBC
Gothic, from the conception of Tolkien, George R R Martin, Mimi Yu and Literature Lab
the genre in the 18th century to Neil Gaiman. You’ll focus on the craft of In this module, you’ll acquire essential
UCAS code QP33 skills for the study of literature, as well
its manifestation in contemporary world building.
literature and film. as general academic skills. You’ll also
develop your essay writing, presenting,
Unruly Subjects and Renaissance Texts Explore and analyse English research and referencing.
How 16th and early 17th-century writing literature and global film.
treated controversial issues of the day Writing Criticism
Along the way, you’ll benefit Sharpen your film analysis skills. You’ll
such as rebellion, sexual misconduct,
from the knowledge of examine a range of different types
cross-dressing and witchcraft.
visiting authors and expert of cinema and complete a series of
Writing the Revolution: Sex, Religion exercises to help you become a better
and Politics in the Literature of 17th-
lecturers. You’ll study English
film critic.
century England from a range of genres and
Study the literature of the 17th century periods, while also looking Reading Fiction
in the context of that era’s revolutionary Explore the techniques, conventions
at film as art, history, culture, and developments of the novel from
events: civil war, regicide, the
establishment of a republic, puritanism
entertainment and as a the 18th century to today. You’ll engage
and the Restoration. business. with relevant contexts, studying authors
from Austen to Ondaatje.
Secrets and Lies: Victorian Decadence
and Degeneration 1860–1901 Reading Poetry
Explore new forms of writing which This module introduces you to different
focus on alternative or hidden aspects forms of poetry from the Renaissance
of Victorian society, such as the new to the present day, via a combination of
woman, the homosexual man, the lectures, workshops and seminars.
foreigner and the poor. The Craft of Filmmaking
Childhood Trauma and its Aftermath in Get insight into the practical and
Contemporary Fiction collaborative elements of filmmaking,
Study the ways that contemporary on a module which introduce you to
novels and ‘misery memoirs’ present direction, cinematography, production
childhood trauma that impacts on management, editing and audio.
adolescence and adulthood.
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Screen, Nation, Identity Brief Encounters with the Victorians Screening Genders Year 3 modules
On this module, you’ll explore the Examine shorter narratives of the Critically examine the representation of
relationship between a country’s sense Victorian period, by some of its most gender on screen through the lens of Compulsory
of history and identity, and the stories influential authors. You’ll address key feminist film theory. Dissertation and Dissertation
that it tells about itself on screen. issues relating to industrialisation, class, Preparation
American Alternative Cinema Make your original contribution to
gender and imperialism.
Year 2 modules Go beyond the Hollywood mainstream research by designing, carrying out and
Voyage Out: Travel, Empire and with case studies including writing up your own project on a topic
Compulsory Cultural Encounters independent, cult, exploitation, trash that you choose, supported by your
Narration in the Fiction Film Examine encounters between travellers and underground movies. dissertation supervisor.
Examine the storytelling possibilities and the cultures they visit through
a study of the literature of travel, American Animation History Screen Production Project 1: Planning
of film, in a module that encompasses
including fictional accounts and visual On this module, you’ll develop a and Pre-Production
classical Hollywood cinema, art cinema,
representations like art and film. deeper understanding of the history Turn your film idea into a workable
counter-cinema and parametric
of American animation by taking an professional project before you step
narration. The Child in British and American in-depth look at the genre. into production. Learn what it takes to
Literature and Culture
Optional Discover the ways that the Representing the Real, Disclosing create a film before pitching your idea,
Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama Truth, and Capturing the Everyday ready for the next steps.
contradictory image of the child has
Meet Shakespeare amid the vibrant been represented in literary texts in Explore how film and TV represents Screen Production Project 2: Filming
theatrical milieu of late 16th and early Britain and America, from the 19th reality and why – in an era of alternative and Post-Production
17th-century London, where he was century through to the present day. facts and fake news – representing Create your film. Take the reins and
among a number of inventive and reality matters. You’ll consider follow the project through from
influential playwrights of the time. British and American Modernism documentaries, news and more. pre-production to shooting, editing,
Explore a diverse literary period screening and review.
The Age of Chivalry and Romance through authors on both sides of the Moving Image Techniques
You’ll learn about and evaluate the Learn to manipulate image and sound –
medieval culture of chivalry and courtly
Atlantic who stood for radical change.
and create your own experimental film
Optional
Featured writers include T S Eliot, Playing God: Late Medieval Drama,
love, then see how it was received in the Virginia Woolf and F Scott Fitzgerald. or music video.
‘real’ world of later medieval England. from Page to Stage
Love and Desire in Renaissance Television and Factual Production Explores the vibrant drama of late
Sentiment and Scandal: Literature of Literature, c.1530–1633 Produce factual content suitable for medieval England. Alongside study of
the Long 18th Century Study the development of the most broadcast as part of a small production each text, you’ll be able to reimagine
Explore sentiment and satire, sensibility passionate and erotic representations crew. It’s an opportunity to develop your the play in performance, using theatre
and scandal in a module which focuses of love and desire in English poetry and production skills and learn about TV and workshops, field trips and archives.
on the diversity, innovations and drama from the 1530s to the 1630s. factual production.
influence of 18th-century poetry, drama Unruly Subjects and Renaissance Texts
Written on the Body: Rethinking Musical-Made America How 16th and early 17th-century writing
and fiction.
Gender and Sexuality The musical is a distinctively American treated controversial issues of the day
Visionaries and Rebels: Romantic On this module, you’ll take a fresh look genre. Examine how Hollywood and such as rebellion, sexual misconduct,
Poets from Blake to Tennyson at contemporary human relations with a Broadway have created spaces to cross-dressing and witchcraft.
On this module, you’ll discover focus on sexuality, gender and the body. represent and reimagine the USA’s
Romanticism – a movement which gave sexual, racial and political identities.
birth to some of the greatest poetry in
the English language.
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Gothic Global Nightmares: Contemporary
On this module you’ll analyse the Horror Cinema from around the World
Gothic, from the conception of Analyse contemporary horror films in
the genre in the 18th century to the national context of their respective
its manifestation in contemporary country. You’ll study movies including
literature and film. It, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night,
[REC], and À l’intérieur/Inside.
Secrets and Lies: Victorian Decadence
and Degeneration 1860–1901 American History by Hollywood
Explore new forms of writing which Film-makers have long used the history
focus on alternative or hidden aspects of the USA as a source of stories and
of Victorian society, such as the new characters. This module compares
woman, the homosexual man, the Hollywood’s version with what historical
foreigner and the poor. sources say ‘really’ happened.
Childhood Trauma and its Aftermath in
Contemporary Fiction
Study the ways that contemporary
novels and ‘misery memoirs’ present
childhood trauma that impacts on
adolescence and adulthood.
Special Author: Shakespeare
Study plays from the whole range of
Shakespeare’s dramatic career, from
the early 1590s to around 1610, with
a selection of comedies, histories,
tragedies and tragicomedies.
East Asian Cinema
Study the dynamic and diverse film
output of countries including China,
South Korea and Japan, and reflect on
film as a ‘transnational’ phenomenon.
Is Television History?
Reflect on the ways that television can
both do history and be history, with case
studies ranging from period dramas to
historical documentaries.
Disney Studies
An in-depth exploration of the
history and impact of Disney’s global
entertainment empire.
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A place where we stand up to kings, do deals with the
world and take a wrecking ball to the slave trade.
A place where culture stands out and the phone boxes
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40 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2020 | 41Fees and funding
So … time to talk about money. How much does How much does it cost to do an undergraduate course?
university cost? How are you going to pay for it?
You’ll have seen headlines about students leaving uni thousands in debt.* And Are you a UK student?
while a university education costs money, it’s different kind of debt to a normal
loan or a credit card. How much you’ll repay – and when you start paying – varies. Yes No
* The Financial Times, 24 April 2018, ‘Graduate Premium Holds Steady despite Rising Student Numbers’
£14,000 (non-science courses) or
£9,250 per year* on a full-time degree £16,600 (science courses) per year
for international students^
You’ll pay lower fees while you’re on a year abroad or an industrial placement year.
How do I pay for that? Can I get a loan to help with
This is where your tuition fee loan living costs?
comes in. You’ll need to apply to your Yes, if you’re a student from England.
national student finance organisation: It’s called a maintenance loan, and it
so Student Finance England, Student can be as much as £8,944 a year (that
Finance Wales, and so on. was the maximum for 2019 entry: we’ve
included it as a guide because the 2020
Your tuition fee loan figures haven’t been released yet).
• Paid straight to the University
• Covers the full cost of your course Your maintenance loan
fees • Helps with the cost of living
• You don’t start paying any of it • Paid straight into your bank account
back until you’re earning more than at the start of each term
£25,725 a year • You won’t have to pay any of it
• After 30 years, any remaining debt is back until you’re earning more than
written off – regardless of what you £25,725 a year
still owe • After 30 years, any remaining debt is
written off – regardless of what you
still owe
* These fees may rise each year with inflation, in line with the maximum fees set by the Government.
^ Subject to change and discounts may apply. See website for the most up-to-date figures.
42 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2020 | 43How much can I borrow? And how much will I paying back after I graduate?
What you can borrow depends on your family’s income and where you’ll be living Just to recap, you don’t have to pay back anything until your salary goes above
while you’re at uni. £25,725 a year. When that happens, the amount you’re earning determines what
your loan repayment will be.
Is your family’s annual household Is your annual salary
income £25,000 or less? above £25,725 a year?
Yes No Yes No, it’s less
than that
Household Living away Living at Annual income Monthly payment
When you come to uni, where will You don’t have
you be living? income from home home
£26,000 £3 to make any
£30,000 £8,303 £6,895 £30,000 £33 repayments
£35,000 £7,661 £6,260 £35,000 £70
At home Away from home
£40,000 £7,019 £5,626 £40,000 £108
£45,000 £6,377 £4,991 £45,000 £145
You’ll be able to You’ll be able to
borrow £7,529 borrow £8,944 £50,000 £5,735 £4,357 £50,000 £183
£55,000 £5,093 £3,722
£60,000 £4,452 £3,314
£62,212 £4,168 £3,314
or more
The figures for 2020 entry haven’t been published yet, so here we’re using our Again, the figures for 2020 entry haven’t been published yet, so here we’re using
2019 figures as a guide. 2019 figures as a guide.
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