Modules for course 3N7S | BA/GEL
BA German and English Literature
This is a provisional list of modules to be offered on this course in the 2021–22 academic year.
The list may not be complete, and the final course content may be different.
You can also view the modules offered in the year 2020–21; 2022–23.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
40 credits from:
- LZG-1001: Advanced German 1 (20) (Semester 1) Core
- LZG-1002: Advanced German 2 (20) (Semester 2) Core
- LZG-1003: German for Beginners I (20) (Semester 1) Core
- LZG-1004: German for Beginners II (20) (Semester 2) Core
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- QXE-1003: Intro. to Medieval Literature (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-1004: The Literature of Laughter (20) (Semester 2)
- QXE-1014: The Gothic in Literature/Film (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-1016: Children's Fiction (20) (Semester 2)
- LXE-1600: Transnational Cultures (20) (Semester 2)
- LXE-1700: Creating National Histories (20) (Semester 1)
20 credits from:
- LZC-1003: Chinese for Beginners 1 (20) (Semester 1)
- LZF-1003: French for Beginners I (20) (Semester 1) or
LCF-1003: Ffrangeg i Ddechreuwyr I (20) (Semester 1) - LZI-1003: Italian for Beginners I (20) (Semester 1)
- LZS-1003: Spanish Begin./Intermed. 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
LCS-1003: Sbaeneg i Ddechreuwyr 1 (20) (Semester 1) - QXL-1110: Introduction to Language (20) (Semester 1)
- QXL-1112: Language, Literature & Culture (20) (Semester 2)
- LXE-1600: Transnational Cultures (20) (Semester 2)
- LXE-1700: Creating National Histories (20) (Semester 1)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- LZG-2040: Gegenwartssprache I (40) Core
Semester 2
60 credits from:
- QXE-2003: Jonson to Johnson (20) (Semester 2)
- QXE-2005: Victorian Literature (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-2013: Renaissance and Reformation (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-2019: Modern & Contemporary Writing (20) (Semester 1) or
QXP-2019: Modern & Contemporary Writing (20) (Semester 1) - QXE-2020: The Romantic Period in Britain (20) (Semester 2)
- QXE-2101: Beowulf to Malory (20) (Semester 2)
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- LXG-2008: The German Film (20) (Semester 2)
- LXG-2009: Dutch I (20) (Semester 1)
- LXG-2013: The Divided Germany (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- LXE-2025: Reading Fantastic Literatures (20) (Semester 1)
Year 4 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- LZG-3030: Gegenwartssprache II (30) Core
Semester 2
60 credits from:
- QXE-3031: Welsh Writing in English (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-3094: Realms of Magic (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-3099: The English Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- QXE-3105: Reading Myth (20) (Semester 2)
- QXE-3107: EM Lit: Sex, Sects and Scandal (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-3109: Victorian Networks (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-3110: Neo-Victorian Fiction (20) (Semester 2)
- Students may not take a dissertation in both English Literature and the other discipline of the Joint Honours program
Optional Modules
30 credits from:
- LXG-3036: Performing Germany (20) (Semester 1)
- LXE-3101: Approaching Translation (10) (Semester 2) or
LCE-3101: Trin a Thrafod Cyfieithu (10) (Semester 2) - LXE-3103: Wales: A European Contact Zone (20) (Semester 2)
- LXE-3210: Press Dossier (10) (10) (Semester 1) or
LCE-3210: Astudio'r Cyfryngau (S1) (10) (Semester 1) - LXE-3400: Joint Hons Diss (English) (10) (Semester 1 + 2) or
LCE-3400: Traethawd Hir Cyd-A (Cym) (10) (Semester 1 + 2) - LXE-3444: Joint Hons Diss (Target Lang) (10) (Semester 1 + 2)
- Joint Hons. Students may only take ONE 10-credit LXE module (does not include the dissertation). A dissertation must be taken in ONE joint honours subject.