English

Our research ranges from Scotland to North America, from the Caribbean to Africa, and beyond. We combine tradition with innovation, offering modules from Victorian fiction to science fiction, comics, film adaptation, and much more besides. You can combine English with Film or Creative Writing, with an emphasis on applied skills such as editing and reviewing.

Our courses cover a variety of topics including:

• 18th-century, romantic and Victorian poetry and fiction
• modernism
• 20th- and 21st-century literature, culture and film
• comics and graphic novels
• post-colonial literature and theory
• American literature
• Scottish literature
• women's writing
• theatre studies