BA English Literature
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Annual course fee
AUD 48,000
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Duration
3 Years
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Post study work visa
2 Years
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Intake months
September
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Delivery locations
Durham
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Not only does English Studies provide a thorough grounding in the ‘great tradition’ of English literature – from Chaucer and Shakespeare through to plays, poems and novels written in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries – and in literary theory, but it also offers a wide range of imaginative and research-led modules.
The comprehensive syllabus combines traditional areas of literary study with new and developing areas of the discipline. It aims to develop your conceptual abilities and analytical skills by exposing you to a variety of literary-critical approaches. This will promote and develop the clarity and persuasiveness of your argument and expression, enabling you to develop, to a high degree of competence, a range of skills which are both subject-specific and transferable.
You can also apply to add a placement year or a year abroad to your degree; this would increase the course from three years to four.
The first year will focus on advancing skills of critical analysis and argument you have already acquired at A level. This includes close reading and analysis of texts, such as the awareness of formal and aesthetic dimensions of literature and of the affective power of language, alongside the introduction of more advanced concepts and theories relating to literature.
In the second year, you will build on the knowledge and skills developed in your first year by broadening the range of literary texts and periods with which you will engage. You will study a substantial number of authors, topics and texts and gain awareness of the range and variety of approaches to literary study.
The final year includes a dissertation on a subject of your choice related to English literature. The dissertation involves guided research on a self-formulated question, the gathering and processing of relevant information and materials, and results in a work of sustained argumentative and analytic power.
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You must have successfully completed a United Kingdom Year 12 (or equivalent senior secondary school qualification) Equivalent qualifications may also include a recognised post secondary diploma in the relevant discipline with the required grades.Meeting the minimum academic requirements does not guarantee entry. Your application will still need to be assessed and accepted.If you dont meet the entry requirements, there may be other programs you are eligible for that can lead you to your preferred program.
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TOEFL 92
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Type of institution
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Year established
1832
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Total students
19,025
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Durham university operates one campus of 563 acres estate. The campus is made up of two main locations which are; the Durham City and Queens Campus, Stockton The university has a UNESCO world heritage site that incorporates Cathedral, Castle, the Palace Green, and some astonishing buildings
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