The combination of Drama and English offers a challenging and stimulating programme of complementary study that seeks to enhance your theoretical and practical understanding of a varied selection of texts and performance practices. It is also intended to equip you with a set of skills much in demand by a range of potential employers.
Reading English allows you to study some of the most interesting and exciting books ever written. The English programme strikes a balance between the study of writers such as Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Dickens, and Woolf, and the exploration of less traditional areas like modern science fiction, children's literature and contemporary women's writing. Drama offers an excellent balance of theory and practice, allowing you to engage with key performance texts and practices across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
The Department of Music and Performing Arts' outstanding technical and theatre facilities will give you the opportunity to hone those skills in a variety of exciting performance events. Study visits to local and national theatres help broaden your outlook and add a further dimension to your studies, both in English and Drama.
Students take half their degree from Drama and half from English.
Module guide
Year one
Approaches to Contemporary Theatre
Introduction to Performance
Performance Analysis
Introduction to English Literature 1 and 2
Ways of Reading
Year two
Writing Drama
Dramatic Performance
Live Art and Performance
TV Drama Production
Directors and Directing
Shakespeare and His Contemporaries
Romantic Conflicts
The Victorian Experience: Texts and Contexts
Poetry from Marlowe to Milton
Myth and Medievalism
Imperial and Postcolonial Writing
Special Topic 1 (currently Writing Nations)
News and Feature Writing
Enlightenment in England and France
Performance and Identity
Year three
Major Project in Drama OR English
Devising Performance
Enterprise in the Creative Arts
Contemporary Drama
Art, Music and Performance
Special Subject (Theatre)
Reviewing New Drama
Arts Administration
Principles of Dramatherapy
Modernism and the City
Women's Writing, Gender and Sexuality
Special Topic 2 (currently Theorizing Children?s Literature)
After the Deluge: Writing, Film, Culture and Society since 1945
Contemporary Fiction
Modern Science Fiction
Synoptic Course Review
Writing Poetry
Film Art
Genocide: Perspectives on the Holocaust
Autobiography: Self, Narrative and Truth
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Associated careers
The range of course options available gives you the opportunity to specialise in or to prepare for entry in a chosen field.
Plus, the considerable practical element of the course means that you will be well equipped with the skills required by institutions and employers within the arena of drama, theatre and performance.
Assessment
Assessment is carried out via a very broad mix of methods including: examinations, essays, reports, oral presentations, studio and public performance, an individual Major Project plus a range of practice based research techniques.
200 - 240 tariff points at A Level or equivalent. Required subject(s): A Level Drama, Theatre Studies or related subject at grade B, English or English Language or English - Language & Literature at grade C For an explanation of qualifications, have a look at our IAG page on this site www.creativeway.org.uk/quals.
A Progression Agreement is a formal arrangement between two or more
education providers. It spells out what a learner needs to do to be
considered for a place on a named programme of study. Progression Agreements
may vary in the conditions they specify but they all aim to give guaranteed
pathways into higher education.
Advice on courses and careers:-
The Creative Way IAG team provides a specialist service for anyone
interested in finding out about courses and careers in the creative and
cultural industries. We can provide information direct to Students,
Parents/ Carers, Tutors and Careers Advisers via email, phone or organised
workshops and 1 to 1 sessions.
To find out more, visit our IAG page on this site on
http://www.creativeway.org.uk/IAG Or contact one of our career advisers: Matt Ball 07889 001764
m.ball@uel.ac.uk or Sarah
Comerford 07515 051509
s.comerford@uel.ac.uk