English
Combine traditional English literature studies with areas such as comics, theatre, film, and creative writing
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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
Stories
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Dundee’s literary past will provide a financial boost to the city’s present as it prepares to host a major event.
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A researcher from the University of Dundee has produced a new book exploring how to tell Scotland’s history in the context of calls to decolonise institutions and curricula
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When Dr Calum Laird crosses the Caird Hall stage to officially receive his PhD, it will mark an incredible eighth qualification for his family from the University of Dundee and its predecessors.
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Artists, dentists, public health experts and addiction workers have collaborated with people with lived experience of drugs to create a series of comics that examine the impact of substance use on oral health.
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The life of one of the University of Dundee’s most beloved staff members will be celebrated by colleagues tomorrow.
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A part-time job working in a city kilt hire shop has helped a University of Dundee graduate spin a bestselling yarn of her own.
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University of Dundee comics that aim to raise awareness of common but poorly understood medical conditions have received the backing of a former European leader.
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Thursday 3 March marks World Book Day, an annual celebration of literature aimed at promoting the joy of reading to younger generations.
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The University of Dundee’s Centre for Scottish Culture will next week host a celebration of the 250th birthday of one of Scotland’s most illustrious writers.
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A new edition of one of the most influential Scottish novels of all time will be launched when the Dundee Gothic Group, on behalf of the University of Dundee, hosts a 250th birthday party for its author later this week
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English
School of Humanities
University of Dundee
Nethergate
Dundee DD1 4HN
Scotland, UK