English Course content
Study novels, poetry, film, drama, and non-fiction while developing the critical and analytical skills to understand how literature shapes our world.
Entry routes
Bachelor of Arts LM002
Key information
NFQ Level
NFQ Level 8
Duration
Four years
Attendance
Full-time
English at UL has four main components that run throughout the four years of the programme:
- Literary analysis and theory, critical practice;
- Historical schools/eras in literature (e.g. Early Modern Literature; Augustan and Romantic Literature; Victorian Texts and Contexts; Literary Modernism and Postmodernism; Old and Middle English Literature);
- Specialist electives in Irish Literature (e.g. Gothic Literature in Ireland; Irish Literary Revolutions 1880-1930; Irish Literature 1930-1990; Study of a Major Irish Author; Contemporary Irish Literature);
- Specialist electives in Creative Writing and in World Literatures (e.g. American Literature; Contemporary African Literature; Postcolonial/Postcolonial Literature in English; Contemporary Women’s Writing).
More information on the study of English can be found on the School of English, Irish, and Communication page.
English pathway Joint Honours*
*Modules are subject to change
Semester 1
| Module code | Module title |
|---|---|
| EH4141 | English Literature 1: Novels and Short Fiction |
Semester 2
| Module code | Module title |
|---|---|
| EH4022 | English Literature 2: Early Modern Poetry and Plays |
Semester 3
| Module code | Module title |
|---|---|
| EH4053 | Augustan and Romantic Literature |
| Students Select 1: | |
| EH4023 | The New World: American Literature to 1890 |
| EH4073 | Drama: Medieval to Early Modern |
| EH4043 | Irish Literary Revolutions 1880-1930 |
| EH4027 | Contemporary Women's Writing |
Semester 4
| Module code | Module title |
|---|---|
| Cooperative Education Work Placement |
Semester 5
| Module code | Module title |
|---|---|
| Erasmus/Exchange placement with a partner institution abroad |
Semester 6
| Module code | Module title |
|---|---|
| EH4006 | Victorian Texts and Contexts |
| Students Select 1: | |
| EH4016 | State of the Union: American Literature since 1890 |
| EH4046 | Old and Middle English Literature |
| EH4036 | Irish Literature 1930-1990 |
Semester 7
| Module code | Module title |
|---|---|
| EH4007 | Literary Modernism |
| Students select 1: | |
| EH4028 | Study of a Major Irish Author |
| EH4017 | Contemporary African Literature in English |
| EH4121 | Gothic Literature in Ireland |
| EH4037 | Introduction to Creative Writing |
Semester 8
| Module code | Module title |
|---|---|
| EH4004 | Global Literatures in English |
| Students Select 1: | |
| EH4018 | Contemporary Irish Literature |
| EH4038 | Study of a Major Author |
| EH4008 | British Literature 1945-Present Day |
| EH4125 | Feminist Theory and Literary Texts |
