BA (Hons) English and Film Studies Bachelor's degree at Keele University

How do you craft a compelling university essay, analyse a literary text, and put criticism to use? How can you interpret a work within its historical context, or apply literary theory to it? Through studying a wide range of texts, from novels such as Wuthering Heights, to Renaissance tragedy, to the poetry of Toni Morrison, you'll develop essential skills for academic reading and writing. This module will enhance your appreciation of literature and prepare you for advanced study throughout your

This first-year practice-centred module provides you with the foundational technical knowledge and theoretical tools for approaching creative filmmaking work, and an understanding of the ethics of creative work in contemporary AI contexts. Whether your interests lie in film direction, cinematography or editing, you'll develop skills in these varied areas of practice, building experience of digital camera-work and post-production tools. The final short film output will demonstrate your acquired t

This springboard module provides you with essential tools for analysing and discussing film as a vital art form. Looking at films from diverse contexts, you will develop the critical and creative methods needed for your studies, alongside an understanding of film authorship in today's technological contexts. Producing a visual- or video essay, you'll display your acquired knowledge and skills, focusing potentially on film style and history, film genre, or critical ideas around the representation

What makes a work of literature 'classic'? What do we mean when we call something an example of 'popular culture'? This module invites you to compare 'classic' texts (such as Hamlet, The Great Gatsby, and The Color Purple) with adaptations that share their themes or challenge their values. You'll learn new ways to think about why some texts are called 'classics' and some are not, and enrich your understanding of the way that texts interact with one another across genres.

The module starts at a surprise location. You receive a blank book and start to write. It's a journal: you submit it later, alongside your creative or critical piece. Back in Keele you look at children's writing from different periods and cultures. You consider imagination and myth, the politics of representation, the construction and subversion of gender roles. You think about voice and vision. Your expressive skills flower as you explore storytelling techniques and the transformative power of

This module introduces you to key characteristics of fiction. You will gain an understanding of how these can be employed to explore the meaning of a text. Engaging with fiction by writers from all over the world, you will learn how to analyse core elements such as narrative voice, structure and the evocation of place, and develop your own ability to write short, creative prose pieces. Guided by Keele's award-winning novelists, you will attain a solid foundation for writing longer prose pieces i

In this module you will encounter how the past is presented in a number of disciplines, including contemporary film and media. Through considering 'public history', you will examine visual culture representations of the past as central to collective memory, constructions of identity, and contemporary politics. Working with students from different subjects, you will begin to develop key skills for Humanities students, including how to evaluate and interpret sources and communicate your arguments

This module will introduce you to the key dramatic principles required to write scripts for stage and screen. Drawing on texts from contemporary theatre, film and television, you will learn a series of fundamental skills, developing your understanding of character, dialogue, and structure. You will engage in a combination of lectures, seminar groups, and practical writing workshops, and guided by feedback from peers and tutors alike, you will work towards writing your own original script.

This module introduces you to the characteristics and structure of poems, through an examination of 5 key 'modes' of poetry, looking closely at how these achieve their ends. You will learn how to identify these characteristics and structural elements through lecture input, discussion and consideration of example poems by a range of authors. You will also learn how to deploy this understanding into the writing of your own poetry, and share/discuss your own creative work with your fellow writers.

This module will introduce you to the key dramatic principles required to write scripts for stage and screen. Drawing on texts from contemporary theatre, film and television, you will learn a series of fundamental skills, developing your understanding of character, dialogue, and structure. You will engage in a combination of lectures, seminar groups, and practical writing workshops, and guided by feedback from peers and tutors alike, you will work towards writing your own original script.

This module provides you with the foundational tools and skills you need to develop your student profile. You will learn about the different pathways in your cultural or creative field while developing your own identity as a cultural critic, creative, and citizen. You will explore and map out your personal and professional development goals and plans, ensuring you make the most of your time at university and beyond. You will gain professional skills in communication and team working.

This module explores issues of representation, inequality and activism in global film culture. You'll build on your knowledge from the first year, critically assessing theories of cinematic representation around aspects of identity including gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity. Through an array of both mainstream and experimental films, you'll extend your understanding of film form, spectatorship and industry, as well as cinema's capacity to engage with society and culture, exploring issues su

This module expands your understanding of literature's relation to History. You will study novels, poems, and plays from the Victorian period to the present, relating them to social, political and cultural contexts including class, race, gender and sexuality. You will be exposed to a range of literary styles and genres including realism, modernism, postmodernism and the postcolonial, extending your knowledge of different types of literature in preparation for the final year of your degree.

Building on the practical skills and critical filmmaking knowledge acquired in first year, this module introduces you to the exciting specialist field of documentary filmmaking. Drawing on a range of film examples, theories and practical methods, you will explore the varied creative ways in which real-life experiences can be transformed into powerful and engaging stories on the screen. Guided by expert tutors, working in small teams, you will take charge of your own documentary film project and

Building on your understanding of genre fiction, 'popular' literature, and questions of value developed in year 1, on 'Brave New Worlds?' you