BA (Hons) Acting, Performance and English Literature
Course Overview
This unique degree combines the critical study of English literature with the practical exploration of performance, offering a dynamic education for those passionate about both the written word and live theatre. You will develop advanced analytical skills by studying a diverse range of texts while honing your craft through production-based acting and performance training. The course is designed to equip you with the creative and critical thinking skills highly valued by employers across the arts and cultural sectors.
Key Program Highlights
- Learn from industry professionals and benefit from guest workshops with renowned theatre stars and visiting international companies.
- Gain real-world experience through work placements and involvement with the award-winning Huddersfield Literature Festival.
- Study at an institution ranked 27th in the world for Performing Arts (QS World University Subject Rankings 2023).
- Develop a unique blend of practical performance skills and advanced critical analysis of literature.
- Prepare for a versatile career in acting, contemporary theatre, writing, or further academic study.
Course Overview
This unique degree combines the critical study of English literature with the practical exploration of performance, offering a dynamic education for those passionate about both the written word and live theatre. You will develop advanced analytical skills by studying a diverse range of texts while honing your craft through production-based acting and performance training. The course is designed to equip you with the creative and critical thinking skills highly valued by employers across the arts and cultural sectors.
Key Program Highlights
- Learn from industry professionals and benefit from guest workshops with renowned theatre stars and visiting international companies.
- Gain real-world experience through work placements and involvement with the award-winning Huddersfield Literature Festival.
- Study at an institution ranked 27th in the world for Performing Arts (QS World University Subject Rankings 2023).
- Develop a unique blend of practical performance skills and advanced critical analysis of literature.
- Prepare for a versatile career in acting, contemporary theatre, writing, or further academic study.
Requirements
Modules
- Studying Performance 2
- Text into Performance
- Critical Thinking
- Introduction to English Literature
- The Gothic
- Work Experience Placement
- Making Performance 2
- Specialist Practice
- Performance Across Media
- Global Popular Cinema
- Screenwriting and Genre
- The Victorian Novel
- Twentieth Century Fiction
- American Poetry from the 19th Century to the Present Day
- Shakespeare Now and Then
- Arts and Humanities Placement
- Public Humanities
- World Literature
- Advanced Performance Projects
- Final Year Project
- Research Dissertation
- Creative Futures
- Practice and Research
- Twentieth Century Drama
- Extraordinary Gentlemen: Masculinity and Popular Fiction in the Nineteenth Century
- Twentieth Century Poetry
