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Dissertations from 2023 2023
In Search of Middle Paths: Buddhism, Fiction, and the Secular in Twentieth-Century South Asia , Crystal Baines, English
Save Our Children: Discourses of Queer Futurity in the United States and South Africa, 1977-2010 , Jude Hayward-Jansen, English
Epistemologies of the Unknowable in Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature , Maria Ishikawa, English
Revenge of the Nerds: Tech Masculinity and Digital Hegemony , Benjamin M. Latini, English
The Diasporic Mindset and Narrative Intersections of British Identity in Transnational Fiction , Joseph A. Mason, English
A 19TH CENTURY ETHNOGRAPHIC EXHIBIT UN/CAGED: NARRATIVES OF INFORMAL EMPIRE, AFROLATINIDAD, AND CONTEMPORARY ARTISTIC (RE)FRAMINGS , Celine G. Nader, English
Dissertations from 2022 2022
Writing the Aftermath: Uncanny Spaces of the Postcolonial , Sohini Banerjee, English
Science Fiction’s Enactment of the Encouragement, Process, and End Result of Revolutionary Transformation , Katharine Blanchard, English
LITERARY NEGATION AND MATERIALISM IN CHAUCER , Michelle Brooks, English
TRANSNATIONAL POLITICAL AND LITERARY ENCOUNTERS: THE IDEA OF AMERÍKA IN ICELANDIC FICTION, 1920–1990 , Jodie Childers, English
When Choices Aren't Choices: Academic Literacy Normativities in the Age of Neoliberalism , Robin K. Garabedian, English
Redefining Gender Violence: Radical Feminist Visions in Contemporary Ethnic American Women’s Fiction and Women of Color Activism 1990-2010 , Hazel Gedikli, English
Stories Women Carry: Labor and Reproductive Imaginaries of South Asia and the Caribbean , Subhalakshmi Gooptu, English
The Critical Workshop: Writing Revision and Critical Pedagogy in the Middle School Classroom , Andrea R. Griswold, English
Racial Poetics: Early Modern Race and the Form of Comedy , Yunah Kae, English
At the Limits of Empathy: Political Conflict and its Aftermath in Postcolonial Fiction , Saumya Lal, English
The Burdens and Blessings of Responsibility: Duty and Community in Nineteenth- Century America , Leslie Leonard, English
No There There: New Jersey in Multiethnic Writing and Popular Culture Since 1990 , Shannon Mooney, English
Ownership and Writer Agency in Web 2.0 , Thomas Pickering, English
Combating Narratives: Soldiering in Twentieth-Century African American and Latinx Literature , Stacy Reardon, English
“IT DON’T ‘MEAN’ A THING”: TIME AND THE READER IN JAZZ FICTIONAL NARRATIVE , Damien C. Weaver, English
SATURNINE ECOLOGIES: ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE IN THE EARLY MODERN WORLD, 1542-1688 , John Yargo, English
Dissertations from 2021 2021
"On Neptunes Watry Realmes": Maritime Law and English Renaissance Literature , Hayley Cotter, English
Theater of Exchange: The Cosmopolitan Stage of Jacobean London , Liz Fox, English
“The Badge of All Our Tribe”: Contradictions of Jewish Representation on the English Renaissance Stage , Becky S. Friedman, English
On Being Dispersed: The Poetics of Dehiscence from "We the People" to Abolition , Sean A. Gordon, English
Echoing + Resistant Imagining: Filipino Student Writing Under American Colonial Rule , Florianne Jimenez, English
When Your Words Are Someone Else's Money: Rhetorical Circulation, Affect, and Late Capitalism , Kelin E. Loe, English
Indigenous Impositions in Contemporary Culture: Knotting Ontologies, Beading Aesthetics, and Braiding Temporalities , Darren Lone Fight, English
NEGRITUDE FEMINISMS: FRANCOPHONE BLACK WOMEN WRITERS AND ACTIVISTS IN FRANCE, MARTINIQUE, AND SENEGAL FROM THE 1920S TO THE 1980S , Korka Sall, English
Negotiating Space: Spatial Violation on the Early Modern Stage, 1587-1638 , Gregory W. Sargent, English
Stranger Compass of the Stage: Difference and Desire in Early Modern City Comedy , Catherine Tisdale, English
Dissertations from 2020 2020
AFFECTIVE HISTORIES OF SOUTHERN TRAUMA: SHAME, HEALING, AND VULNERABILITY IN US SOUTHERN WOMEN’S WRITING, 1975–2006 , Faune Albert, English
Materially Queer: Identity and Agency in Academic Writing , Joshua Barsczewski, English
ANGELS WHO STEPPED OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSES: “AMERICAN TRUE WOMANHOOD” AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY (TRANS)NATIONALISMS , Gayathri M. Hewagama, English
WRITING AGAINST HISTORY: FEMINIST BAROQUE NARRATIVES IN INTERWAR ATLANTIC MODERNISM , Annaliese Hoehling, English
Passing Literacies: Soviet Immigrant Elders and Intergenerational Language Practice , Jenny Krichevsky, English
Lisa Ben and Queer Rhetorical Reeducation in Post-war Los Angeles , Katelyn S. Litterer, English
Daring Depictions: An Analysis of Risks and Their Mediation in Representations of Black Suffering , Russell Nurick, English
From Page to Program: A Study of Stakeholders in Multimodal First-Year Composition Curriculum and Program Design , Rebecca Petitti, English
Forms of the Future: Indigeneity, Blackness, and the Visioning Work of Aesthetics in U.S. Poetry, 1822-1863 , Magdalena Zapędowska, English
Dissertations from 2019 2019
Black Men Who Betray Their Race: 20TH Century Literary Representations of the Black Male Race Traitor , Gregory Coleman, English
“The Worlding Game”: Queer Ecological Perspectives in Modern Fiction , Sarah D'Stair, English
Afrasian Imaginaries: Global Capitalism and Labor Migration in Indian Ocean Fictions, 1990 – 2015 , Neelofer Qadir, English
Divided Tongues: The Politics and Poetics of Food in Modern Anglophone Indian Fiction , Shakuntala Ray, English
Globalizing Nature on the Shakespearean Stage , William Steffen, English
Gilded Chains: Global Economies and Gendered Arts in US Fiction, 1865-1930 , Heather Wayne, English
“ÆTHELTHRYTH”: SHAPING A RELIGIOUS WOMAN IN TENTH-CENTURY WINCHESTER , Victoria Kent Worth, English
Dissertations from 2018 2018
Sex and Difference in the Jewish American Family: Incest Narratives in 1990s Literary and Pop Culture , Eli W. Bromberg, English
Rhetorical Investments: Writing, Technology, and the Emerging Logics of the Public Sphere , Dan Ehrenfeld, English
Kiskeyanas Valientes en Este Espacio: Dominican Women Writers and the Spaces of Contemporary American Literature , Isabel R. Espinal, English
“TO WEIGH THE WORLD ANEW”: POETICS, RHETORIC, AND SOCIAL STRUGGLE, FROM SIDNEY’S ARCADIA TO SHAKESPEARE’S THEATER , David Katz, English
CIVIC DOMESTICITY: RHETORIC, WOMEN, AND SPACE AT HULL HOUSE, 1889-1910 , Liane Malinowski, English
Charting the Terrain of Latina/o/x Theater in Chicago , Priscilla M. Page, English
The Politics of Feeling and the Work of Belonging in US Immigrant Fiction 1990 - 2015 , Lauren Silber, English
Turning Inside Out: Reading and Writing Godly Identity in Seventeenth-Century Narratives of Spiritual Experience , Meghan Conine Swavely, English
Dissertations from 2017 2017
Tragicomic Transpositions: The Influence of Spanish Prose Romance on the Development of Early Modern English Tragicomedy , Josefina Hardman, English
“The Blackness of Blackness”: Meta-Black Identity in 20th/21st Century African American Culture , Casey Hayman, English
Waiting for Now: Postcolonial Fiction and Colonial Time , Amanda Ruth Waugh Lagji, English
Latina Identities, Critical Literacies, and Academic Achievement in Community College , Morgan Lynn, English
Demanding Spaces: 1970s U.S. Women's Novels as Sites of Struggle , Kate Marantz, English
Novel Buildings: Architectural and Narrative Form in Victorian Fiction , Ashley R. Nadeau, English
CATCH FEELINGS: CLASS AFFECT AND PERFORMATIVITY IN TEACHING ASSOCIATES' NARRATIVES , Anna Rita Napoleone, English
Dialogue and "Dialect": Character Speech in American Fiction , Carly Overfelt, English
Materializing Transfer: Writing Dispositions in a Culture of Standardized Testing , Lisha Daniels Storey, English
Theatres of War: Performing Queer Nationalism in Modernist Narratives , Elise Swinford, English
Dissertations from 2016 2016
Multimodal Assessment in Action: What We Really Value in New Media Texts , Kathleen M. Baldwin, English
Addictive Reading: Nineteenth-Century Drug Literature's Possible Worlds , Adam Colman, English
"The Book Can't Teach You That": A Case Study of Place, Writing, and Tutors' Constructions of Writing Center Work , Christopher Joseph DiBiase, English
Protest Lyrics at Work: Labor Resistance Poetry of Depression-Era Autoworkers , Rebecca S. Griffin, English
From What Remains: The Politics of Aesthetic Mourning and the Poetics of Loss in Contemporary African American Culture , Kajsa K. Henry, English
Minor Subjects in America: Everyday Childhoods of the Long Nineteenth Century , Gina M. Ocasion, English
Enduring Affective Rhetorics: Transnational Feminist Action in Digital Spaces , Jessica Ouellette, English
The School Desk and the Writing Body , Marni M. Presnall, English
Sustainable Public Intellectualism: The Rhetorics of Student Scientist-Activists , Jesse Priest, English
Prosthetizing the Soul: Reading, Seeing, and Feeling in Seventeenth-Century Devotion , Katey E. Roden, English
Dissertations from 2015 2015
“As Child in Time”: Childhood, Temporality, and 19th Century U.S. Literary Imaginings of Democracy , Marissa Carrere, English
A National Style: A Critical Historiography of the Irish Short Story , Andrew Fox, English
Homosexuality is a Poem: How Gay Poets Remodeled the Lyric, Community and the Ideology of Sex to Theorize a Gay Poetic , Christopher M. Hennessy, English
Affecting Manhood: Masculinity, Effeminacy, and the Fop Figure in Early Modern English Drama , Jessica Landis, English
Who Do You Think You Are?: Recovering the Self in the Working Class Escape Narrative , Christine M. Maksimowicz, English
Metabolizing Capital: Writing, Information, and the Biophysical World , Christian J. Pulver, English
Audible Voice in Context , Airlie S. Rose, English
The Role of Online Reading and Writing in the Literacy Practices of First-Year Writing Students , Casey Burton Soto, English
Dissertations from 2014 2014
RESURRECTION: REPRESENTATIONS OF THE BLACK CHURCH IN CONTEMPORARY POPULAR CULTURE , Rachel J. Daniel, English
Seeing Blindness: The Visual and the Great War in Literary Modernism , Rachael Dworsky, English
HERE, THERE, AND IN BETWEEN: TRAVEL AS METAPHOR IN MIXED RACE NARRATIVES OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE , Colin Enriquez, English
Interactive Audience and the Internet , John R. Gallagher, English
Down from the Mountain and into the Mill: Literacy Sponsorship and Southern Appalachian Women in the New South , Emma M. Howes, English
Transnational Gestures: Rethinking Trauma in U.S. War Fiction , Ruth A.H. Lahti, English
"A More Natural Mother": Concepts of Maternity and Queenship in Early Modern England , Anne-Marie Kathleen Strohman, English
Dissertations from 2013 2013
Letters to a Dictionary: Competing Views of Language in the Reception of Webster's Third New International Dictionary , Anne Pence Bello, English
Staging the Depression: The Federal Theatre Project's Dramas of Poverty, 1935-1939 , Amy Brady, English
Our Story Has Not Been Told in any Moment: Radical Black Feminist Theatre From The Old Left to Black Power , Julie M Burrell, English
Writing for Social Action: Affect, Activism, and the Composition Classroom , Sarah Finn, English
Surviving Domestic Tensions: Existential Uncertainty in New World African Diasporic Women's Literature , Denia M Fraser, English
From Feathers to Fur: Theatrical Representations of Skin in the Medieval English Cycle Plays , Valerie Anne Gramling, English
The Reflexive Scaffold: Metatheatricality, Genre, and Cultural Performance in English Renaissance Drama , Nathaniel C. Leonard, English
The World Inscribed: Literary Form, Travel, and the Book in England, 1580-1660 , Philip S Palmer, English
Shakespearean Signifiers , Marie H Roche, English
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50 Dissertation Topic Ideas in English Literature
Young people who strive to obtain a master's degree face a need to write a dissertation in their chosen major. It's considered the most important paper they need to deliver during their academic career. Besides, it represents a wonderful chance to demonstrate advanced writing and analytical skills, critical thinking, and knowledge they've gained during the curriculum. Furthermore, such an assignment provides an opportunity to affect an academic environment positively and pamper your ego a bit. So, if you want to graduate with an outstanding result, you should do your best to deliver a high-grade-worthy paper. Your way to success will start with examining potentially suitable dissertation topic ideas, so it is not worth underestimating its importance. Therefore, we'll go deep down this question to make sure you have something to think about when it comes to working on your paper..
How to Work on Research Topics in English Literature
The very name of its assignment suggests that you will not do without proper research, so you should make enough room in your schedule for this stage. You will have to present a report about your findings and discuss the results provided. Bear in mind that writing a dissertation involves a completely different level of responsibility, diligence, and work than similar assignments you got in the past. It stands out from other academic papers with its complexity since it requires more reading, studying, and writing as well.
If you are new to this type of work, it is worth searching for guidelines on the internet, examining decent ready-made papers, and doing background research to understand what theme is more suitable for you. Allocate enough time to look through all thesis topics in English literature that seem appealing to you. It is a complex and multifaceted field of study, so you will hardly do everything properly if you proceed to write when the deadline is already around the corner. The best thing you can do is to choose a theme from your current field of interest. Thus, you will have enough motivation and inspiration to stay on track with research and writing. Pay attention to the following moments:
- Your dissertation should be based on high-quality research, so you can show your understanding of the subject you work on.
- You should demonstrate your analytical skills, choosing only relevant literature on your theme.
- You should develop a research question and address it in your paper, ensuring your dissertation possesses a clear focus.
Research Proposal Ideas
You will have to write a dissertation proposal and present it to your professor or committee to ensure it is suitable and up to date. Don't postpone this task for too long since time is your biggest enemy when it comes to working on such an assignment. Your research process will spin around literary texts, so you will hardly do without visiting a library. A note-taking process is crucial for developing decent ideas and the research process itself. If you don't know what categories it would be interesting to try, pay attention to the following options:
- cultural diversity;
- translated texts;
- genre studies;
- historical development;
- cinematography and literature.
How to Choose a Dissertation Topic in English Literature
If your professor hasn't provided you with a specific theme, it is up to you to decide what you want to write about. Your field of interest should become the main benchmark in picking up the right topic. Reflect on the books or literature aspects that you liked most of all while studying. The research process involves a lot of routine tasks, and if you are not interested in the subject, it will be much harder to stay focused. It is one of the reasons why experts suggest doing background research to ensure that you will not face issues with finding enough trustworthy information to back up your ideas. You can examine some critical literature to determine the most valuable perspectives to take as well as the gaps that you can potentially address in your dissertation. It will not be superfluous to create a well-crafted outline, so you have the required points in front of your eyes.
If you have selected a topic but are not sure about the exact title for your paper, you can come up with several working options. They may have a bit different focus but stay within one theme. In this case, you should keep both of them in mind when doing your research. Thus, it will be easy to make the right final choice. Even though there is no strict rule on how many primary texts a student must include in their dissertation, utilize at least two of them to make your arguments look more powerful. It is worth considering the cultural, historical, and theoretical background of a text to make sure it's reasonable and manageable for such a paper. Finally, you should develop a proper research question since it will guide the research and writing process. Keep it in mind all the time, so your paper can provide robust evidence of its significance.
Literature Topics for a Research Paper
Everyone who proceeds to work on a dissertation has tremendous experience under the belt in writing different papers. Thus, they know that choosing a broad theme is a road to nowhere since it's hard to devote enough attention to all key aspects and preserve the focus. It's worth resorting to special techniques aimed at helping you to narrow down the theme. Most of them suggest free writing within the subject, so you can define which one sounds the best. If you cannot opt for a theme, consider the following options:
- Correlation between English literature of the 18th and 19th centuries.
- How did the Renaissance affect English literature?
- Key differences between English literature in the USA and the UK.
- Fundamental writing methods of female writers of the 18th century.
- What are the most popular writers in the detective genre nowadays?
- What was the most important work of Jane Austen?
- Impact of the digital revolution on English literature.
- In-depth analysis of poetry from the Second World War.
- Feminism's growth in twentieth-century literature.
- Peculiarities of post-colonialism literature.
- Female heroes in English Literature.
- Correlation between famous Shakespeare's sonnets.
- Gender roles in classic English literature.
- Medieval traditions depicted in Geoffrey Chaucer's works.
- Ambiguous issues presented in Thomas More's Utopia.
- Development of suspense in famous English literary works.
- John Donne: A comparison of sermons and metaphysical love poems.
- Impact of Jane Austen's novels on modern women.
- Key differences between books and film adaptations of Joanne Rowling's Harry Potter.
- How Elizabeth Gaskell depicted society and family in her works.
- The most famous feminist works and their influence on modern society.
- Peculiarities and depth of Thomas Hardy's poems 1913.
- Religious doubts depicted by George Eliot.
- Main inspiration sources of Shakespeare.
- Peculiarities of rustic writing in the nineteenth century.
- Role of costumes in Dickens's famous works.
- Correlation between sex and violence in modern English literature.
- How politics affected English literature in the nineteenth century.
- The special role of water in Virginia Woolf's works.
- Gender stereotyping and patriarchy in The Chronicles of Narnia.
- Correlation between modernism and postmodernism.
- The negative influence of postmodernism on the novel.
- Travel writing in the twenty-first century.
- The crucial role of philosophy in English literature of the twentieth century.
- Depiction of architecture in Thomas Hardy's works.
- The effect Milton's Paradise Lost had on seventeenth-century literature.
- How science affected nineteenth-century novels.
- Development of modern literature with the help of high technologies.
- Psychological tools used in writing modern novels.
- Self-searching with the help of literature works.
- Poststructuralist views of language in contemporary poetry.
- Popular literature genres among representatives of Z generation.
- Why did Joanne Rowling choose a male alias for working in a detective genre?
- Can a graphic novel be considered a literature work?
- Most successful film adaptations of the last decade.
- The accuracy of history presented in historical novels.
- An analysis of homosexuality in modern English literature.
- Influence of LGBT movement on the development of modern English literature.
- The key appealing features of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
- Could literature do well without Shakespeare?
How to Structure Your Literature Dissertation
When you decide on the most appealing dissertation topic in English literature, you can proceed to create the first draft of an outline. The latter will help you keep in mind all the crucial moments you should consider when writing your paper. In addition, most professors pay special attention to the structure of dissertations provided by students, so if you want to get the highest grade for your paper, don't forget to involve the following things:
- title page;
- acknowledgments;
- declaration;
- list of contents;
- introduction: you should present background information, project value, main research purposes and objectives, and the research question;
- literature review : presentation of relevant theories and analysis of literary works within the chosen theme to address the research question;
- methodology: presentation of data and analysis methods and tools utilized;
- findings and analysis: presentation of the crucial research results in detail with the help of visual tools like charts, tables, graphs, etc.;
- discussion and conclusion: presentation of personal interpretation of findings, demonstration of the connection between the results and arguments taken from the literature, highlighting of the research significance, and summarizing of the whole research, recommendations on the further development of the theme;
- references;
- bibliography;
- appendices: presentation of some additional pieces of information, graphs, diagrams utilized to complete your paper that stay beyond its body paragraphs. The main aim of this part is to broaden some data and provide additional explanations.
In fact, your professor should specify all the requirements for your dissertation, but if they have skipped some moments, it is better to clarify everything that stays unclear to you beforehand. Don't leave such things unattended since the final grade will affect only your academic performance and further career development.
Sample Topics
Literature and Culture: Great Britain (Prof. Feldmann)
Topics for Bachelor and Master theses
1. the following is a list of titles chosen for bachelor or master theses. it is meant as a guideline for finding a suitable topic of your own:.
Beeton’s Book of Household Management as Self-Help Manual for the Victorian Housewife
Blurring Identity Boundaries: The Liminality of Gender and Race in Jackie Kay’s Trumpet and Why Don’t You Stop Talking
Lost in Austen as a Post-Modern Re-Creation of Pride and Prejudice
Commercial Aesthetics: Representations the Female Body in Victorian Advertisements
Domestic Spaces in Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and Stoker’s Dracula (1897)
Transcending the Eyes: Marginalised Discourses of Perception in Mayhew’s London Labour and the London Poor
The Representation and Function of the Female Body and Motherhood in Richard III
Negotiating ‘Irishness’ in Transnational Spaces between an (Imagined) Homeland and the Diaspora
Negotiating Identity in Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and its 1992 Film Adaptation
Travelling the Slum: Voyeurism and the Sensational in Mayhew’s London Labour and the London Poor
Gothic Fiction and Representations of Science: Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde and H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine
‘A brave man’s blood is the best thing on this earth when a woman is in trouble’: Types of Masculinity in Bram Stoker’s Dracula
‘Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears a Crown’: Zur Darstellung englischer Königinnen in zeitgenössischen Spielfilmen
Chick Lit zwischen Tradition und Innovation – ein Vergleich von Erzählerinnen, Protagonistinnen und Milieus am Beispiel von Helen Fielding und Janet Evanovich
‘Tedious virtue, fascinating evil’? Forms and Functions of the Villain in Gothic Melodrama
Detecting the Neo-Victorian: The Detective as an Element in the Intertextuality in Victorian and Neo-Victorian Crime Writing
Kulturelle Differenzen und Identitäten in zeitgenössischer britischer Literatur und Film
Konstruktionen städtischer Armut in der 2. Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts
Neue Helden braucht das Land? Zur Darstellung von Arbeiterklasse und Männlichkeit im Kontext der Neuformulierung eines Mythos im Britischen Film der 1990er Jahre
Konzepte der Liebe in William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew und in filmischen Adaptionen
2. Here are some additional fields you might want to consider when choosing a topic:
Popular culture and popular myths
Popular cultural practices, such as tourism
Forms of canonization and popularization
The ‘cultural work’ of texts and their ideological functions
The intersections of categories of difference (e.g. gender, class, ethnicity, religion, age…)
The interplay of discourses in texts (e.g. scientific, economic, political…)
Discourses of gender and sexuality
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100+ English Literature Dissertation Topics in 2024
Vandana Thakur ,
Mar 4, 2024
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Dissertation Topics in English Literature include research topics from poems, stories, literature study etc. It contains topics like Milton & the Bible, The Origins of the Novel, George Eliot and Religious Doubt, Ruskin and Heritage, etc.
Dissertation topics in English literature consist of academic topics in literature that allow students to present their creativity and imagination through writing. It allows students to examine a topic, analyse its significance and portray their views after research in their dissertation.
The dissertation topics in English literature contain topics like Freud and early modernism, Bernard Malumud and Jewish writing, Kipling's India, Psychology and the modern novel etc.
List of 100+ Dissertation Topics in English Literature
There are a wide range of dissertation topics in English literature that students can choose from, research and create their dissertation. Below are the category-wise Dissertation Topics in English Literature.
17th and 18th Century Dissertation Topics in English Literature
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The 17th & 18th centuries witnessed the emergence of the novel script, permitting writers to crossways comment on the world utilising plot, metaphor, interior monologues & innovative dramatic devices. Below are some of the dissertation topics in English Literature for students to choose from.
- Milton & the Bible.
- Paradise Lost & the Fall from Grace: The nearest look at the redemption poetry of the 17th century.
- The Genesis Myth & famous literature of the 17th century.
- Love, loss & the geographical vision in the poetry of John Donne.
- The foremost literary explorers: How findings shaped the literary vision of the 17th century.
- Stendhal & the onset of consumerism.
- Visions of nature: Wordsworth & the Eighteenth-Century poetical vision.
- Interiors & interiority in the 18th novel.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge & the issue of the aesthetic.
- The roots of the novel.
- How Paradise Lost formed the future of the novels.
- The Female Voice: How Girls Become Ladies in 17th Century Fiction.
- How & why Laurence Sterne revealed the artefacts of fiction.
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The nineteenth-century English literature reflects Britain's transformations due to industrialisation and the fall of religious life. It marks new ways of living while grieving the past, exploring the effects of secularisation on individuals. Below are some of the dissertation topics in English Literature for candidates to research.
- Love & loss in Thomas Hardy's poems (1912-1913)
- Retrieving the buried life: Imaginative aspiration in the poetry of Matthew Arnold.
- Love & transmission in the poetry of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
- Bulwer-Lytton and the magical tradition.
- George Eliot and holy doubt.
- Naturalist & mystic: Discovering the origin of Richard Jefferies' inspiration.
- Digging for the simple life: Rustic paper in the nineteenth century.
- An analysis of provincial life: Trollope writing after Austen.
- The extent of costume in the work of Dickens.
- Micro & macro: Comprehending the power relations in The Old Curiosity Shop & Bleak House.
- The changing spiritual imagination of the 19th century.
- How did politics alter literature in the 19th century?
- Gender expression in the gothic novel.
- The changing sense of the Victorian family in the creation of Gaskell.
- Ruskin & heritage.
- How did Realism emerge in 19th-century literature?
- How did Frankenstein expect Science Fiction?
The twentieth century noticed significant aesthetic & philosophical shifts that disrupted the boundaries between prose & poetry in English literature. Below are some of the unique dissertation topics in English literature for students to pick for their dissertation:
- Imaginative closure in the 20th novel.
- W.H. Auden & poetic syntax.
- Understanding the War: Ivor Gurney & the new poetic format.
- Water imagery in the creation of Virginia Woolf.
- 'Is there anything better to be Found?': T.S Eliot & the Wasteland.
- Ted Hughes & Seamus Heaney: An analysis of similarity and difference.
- 'Daring to break convention': The catastrophe of Sylvia Plath.
- Time, Space in The Time Machine & The Island of Dr Moreau.
- Aldous Huxley & the quest for the 'Other.'
- Concerning the idea of being in the position of Milan Kundara.
- A breakdown of character & identity in the creation of Ian McEwan.
- Freud & before modernism.
- Circular narrative form in the work of May Sinclair.
- Investigations in Form: Joyce & the Twentieth Century.
- Bernard Malumud & Jewish writing.
- Magic & fantasy in the innovation of Robert Louis Stevenson.
- Kipling's India and its impact on the readers.
- Jack Kerouac & travel script.
- An analysis of the similarities & distinctions between modernism & postmodernism.
- How did postmodernism try to kill the novel?
- Lost in the Amusing House: How John Barth revealed the artefacts of fiction?
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Interdisciplinary study concerns combining literature with various disciplines like philosophy, architecture, religion, sociology, art, history, etc. It helps students to gain knowledge regarding techniques, themes, and contexts. Below are the dissertation topics of English literature regarding interdisciplinary subjects.
- Describe architecture in the work of Thomas Hardy.
- Science & the 19th-century novel.
- Solving the space age: Publications of the twenty-first century.
- Astronomy and the poetic fantasy of the 19th century.
- Why philosophy counts as literature.
- Travelling the disciplinary boundaries: English writings & archaeology.
- Transforming political relations in novels since 1900.
- The interrelation of science & the arts since the 19th century.
- Psychology & modern fiction.
- Memory & view in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the day.
- Pursuing the self: Psychology in twenty-first-century publications.
- Darwin & the Evolutionary Chronology.
- The significance of history in interpreting the modern text.
- Sister Arts: modern poetry & painting. Poststructuralist theories of language & the postmodern reader.
- Print culture, mass diffusion, and their effects on the publications of the Renaissance.
- A sociolinguistic study of The Twilight series.
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Landscapes serve as inspiration and character development tools for writers of different literary genres. Novels use narrative techniques to portray inner lives, and identity is closely related to place and culture. Students can find dissertation topics in English literature given below regarding identity and place.
- Transforming landscapes: How urban or rural partition was represented in the 19th century.
- Travel documenting in the 20th century.
- What were the consequences of 'Enclosure' on the poetry of the Romantics?
- The significance of place to the Romantic poet.
- The changing depiction of city living since the 19th century.
- Nature, narrative, and poem since 1940.
- Thomas Hardy & Wessex.
- Richard Jefferies' Wiltshire.
- The Lake District is placed in poems of the 18th century.
- The Mountain was a character in the 19th century.
- Landscape & uniqueness in Lesley Glaister's Honour Thy Father.
- Reporting in the desert: Narratives of Africa.
- Identity, place, and history in postcolonial literature.
- The essence of the sea in colonial exploration narratives.
- Cornish terrains in the work of Thomas Hardy.
- Charles Kingsley & ‘Westward Ho! ‘.
- Terms of the Wealden Forest in Literature since 1800.
- The beach has been a site for transformation in literature since the 19th century.
- Post-9/11 fiction: dislocation and globalisation.
- Wilderness and immigrant nationhood in North American fiction and verse.
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Children's literature utilises imagination, humour, and tradition to create complex themes and imagery. When writing a dissertation on children's literature, consider the age range and societal expectations for appropriate content. Below are some of the children's dissertation topics in English literature.
- What creates an Epic?: A dialogue of favourite children's novels from 1900.
- Fabulous Beasts: Imagery in J.K. Rowling & Tolkien.
- Finding Wonderland: Narrative method and visionary understanding in the work of Robert Louis Stevenson.
- The quest for Utopia in island stories for children.
- Beatrix Potter & the importance of illustration.
- Animals & their role in children's literature since the 19th century
- Hans Christian Anderson & the essence of the fairytale.
- Why humour counts in children's literature.
- Lucy Maud Montgomery & the story of the young artist.
- Roald Dahl, the absurd and the sublime.
- Enid Blyton and the famous adventure story.
- A historical study of the origins of children's literature.
- The significance of names in children's literature.
- Reading to the under-fives: growing imaginations & relationships.
- Enabling children to learn through storybooks.
- What did the Victorians read to their kids?
- Replicas of disability in young literature.
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The subject matter of postcolonialism, an influential academic theory, provides critical perspectives on race, belonging, power, politics, and emancipation. Below are some of the specific dissertation topics in English literature regarding postcolonialism.
- Exploring the 'Other' in Victorian novels.
- Postcolonialism in Naipaul's The Enigma of Incoming.
- How has the Black Lives Matter campaign impacted contemporary black literature?
- A postcolonial lesson of contemporary refugee publications.
- Postcolonialism & climate adaptation literature.
- The postcolonial reading of Things Fall Apart by Achebe.
- Postcolonial information in Toni Morrison's Beloved & Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things.
Ecocriticism is a rapidly evolving field that examines the connection between literature and the natural world. It inspires dissertations, close readings, & real-life environmental activism. Below given are some of the dissertation topics in English literature regarding ecocriticism.
- Exploring the corner between eco and spiritual histories in Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard.
- An ecocritical reading of verse from the Romantics.
- Vegan reports in Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy.
- Ecocriticism as vegan/climate modification activism?
- Exploring the applicability of Thoreau's Walden in 2021.
- Exploring the influence of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring on US activism.
- Covid-19, ecocriticism & the modern novel.
Important Points for Dissertation Topics in English Literature
There are certain pointers that students must acknowledge while working on their dissertation topics in English literature. The topics must meet the following criteria in the initial stage for a better dissertation copy. The important pointers are stated below.
- Students should select a topic that is logically valid and allows them to research practically.
- Students must seek genuine advice from their mentors and peers before creating their dissertation.
- Students must select a trending dissertation topic in English literature to identify gaps and create a winning dissertation.
- Candidates must acknowledge that their dissertation topic must address the problem, be unique and be practically useful.
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How to Structure Dissertation Topics in English Literature?
A well-structured dissertation topic helps students to get better scores and excel in their studies. Students must follow the below-mentioned dissertation structure to create a winning dissertation copy.
- A Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- Declaration
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Literature Review
- Methodology
- Findings & Analysis
- Discussion & Conclusion
- Bibliography
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Department of English Language and Literature
B.A. Thesis
Bc thesis: language proficiency and cultural studies.
The thesis must be written in English and must contain a brief summary in Czech.
It must have an introduction, a theoretical part, the main body and a conclusion. The introduction must state the aims of the thesis, a basic hypothesis and expected results. The brief theoretical part should put forward relevant ideas found through study of theoretical literature published on the subject. The main body of the thesis should be a presentation, analysis and discussion of facts and opinions published in newspapers, journals, opinion polls, on the Internet, etc. In addition, it is recommended that the author should conduct a brief survey of opinions of students, learners of English, citizens in general, etc. on the basis of self-created questionnaires. The thesis must have a conclusion stating whether the hypothesis has been confirmed, and what results have been obtained and how.
The overall form should be a long academic essay that should follow the principles learned in the Academic Writing classes that are part of the department’s curriculum.
It should have a minimum of 40 standard pages (72 000 symbols) and a list of cited sources (using the MLA citation rules) and excluding appendices.
Any attempt at plagiarizing will disqualify the thesis and will lead to its non-acceptance.
The thesis is submitted only electronically unless the supervisor or the opponent request a printed copy.
Students are strongly encouraged to come up with their own ideas for the thesis’ topic. Sample topics:
- Choose an area of culture in which you think Czech and British society differs significantly, and discuss the difference.
- In what ways is the English language changing the world?
- How have newer communication technologies (the Internet, cellular phones, ICQ, etc.) influenced communication and language?
- What, and how, do people read in the 21st century?
- The impact of English on today’s Czech.
Bc Thesis: Literary Studies
The Literary Studies Bachelor’s thesis should focus on an interpretation of one, or at the most two novels or plays (if the candidate wishes to choose short fiction or poetry, the chosen work or works is/are to be discussed with the supervisor).
The thesis must be written in English and must contain a brief summary in Czech. It must have an introduction, a theoretical part, the main body and a conclusion.
The introduction must state the aims of the thesis. A brief theoretical part should put forward relevant ideas found through the study of theoretical literature published on the subject. It should also give a brief outline of the context in which the text under discussion was produced. Autobiographical data should be mentioned only where relevant for the interpretation. The main body of the thesis should be a critical analysis and therefore, a retelling of the plot of the novel or play should be given only if relevant to the interpretation under question.
The overall form should be a long academic essay that should follow the principles learned in the Academic Writing classes and British and American Literature classes that are part of the department’s curriculum.
- Using two novels by two different writers (Orwell, Burgess, McEwan, Martin Amis and others) analyze and discuss the development of dystopia as a theme in post-WWII British literature.
- Analyze and discuss the narrative techniques and strategies in one or two novels by a contemporary British author (Rushdie, Ishiguro, McEwan, Martin Amis, Barnes, Byatt, Swift, Winterson, Smith)
- Discuss the quest for identity in one or two novels by a contemporary British hyphenated writer (Naipaul, Kureishi, Smith, Ali, Caryl Phillips, Syal, Howard Jacobson, Alderman and others.)
- Taboo topics in Kate Chopin’s short stories.
- Crime and punishment in Native Son by Richard Wright.
Bc Thesis: Translation
Translation and stylistic analysis Part 1: The student translates 15 – 30 standard pages of short fiction, poetry, drama or philosophy written by one author. The text should not span more than one genre and must be written in complex and idiomatic English, ideally with direct speech and dialect. The output format is a side-by-side English-Czech translation. The source text must be an original English piece of writing which has not been officially translated into Czech by the time the topic is assigned (according to generally available information), or which has been translated by the author of the prospective BA thesis himself/herself.
Part 2: Approx. 10 – 25 standard pages will be devoted to a stylistic analysis of the text and/or authorial comment which rests primarily on the theoretical framework (see Theory) and which clarifies or justifies e.g. the choice of language register (possibly colloquial), the Czech idiom used in the target translation, etc.
A juxtaposition of two or more Czech translations Alternatively, students might also choose to write a thesis which seeks to compare and contrast two or more Czech translations of a book written in English. The juxtaposed translations should have been published at least 15 years apart (see the last sample topic) so that the thesis might also explore the shift in Czech vernacular and other cultural considerations. The thesis must not exceed 35 standard pages, excluding bibliography. Direct quotes from the English original and Czech translations should constitute less than 20 per cent of the text.
Students are strongly encouraged to come up with their own ideas for the thesis’ topic.
The thesis needs a brief theoretical framework. This will draw primarily (though not exclusively) on the following publications: Levý, J. (1958): Úvod do teorie překladu, Praha, Panorama. Mounin, G. (1992): Teoretické problémy překladu, Praha, Karolinum – nakladatelství UK Sample topics:
- The translation and stylistic analysis of Nicola Keegan’s Swimming (one chapter).
- Exploring the contrast between the highly intellectualised inner monologue and raw vernacular found in Oxherding Tale by Charles Johnson – a translation and stylistic analysis of one chapter.
- Nuances and ambiguities in Alasdair Gray’s short stories – a translation and stylistic analysis.
- Two Czech translations of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando – a juxtaposition.
Bc. Thesis: English Linguistics
This thesis should have a minimum of 40 standard pages (72 000 symbols), including the title page, table of contents, key words, abstract, introduction, conclusion, footnotes/endnotes, reference to primary and secondary sources, a Czech summary, etc. It should embody original research carried out by the author (with reasonable guidance provided by the supervisor) and should be based on careful scrutiny of authentic data. It must be stressed that compilations of various secondary sources alone do not constitute the thesis and will not be accepted. The results of the original research should be adequately presented and thoroughly interpreted, and, most importantly, convincing conclusions should be drawn from the research.
The thesis will be written in English. Its formulation should be clear, succinct and coherent, adhering to all conventions common in academic writing (for this thesis – the MLA citation style will be used).
- Nuances of Implicational Fall-Rise
- The Role of Phonetico-Morphological Patterns of Selected Acronyms
- Qualifying genitive in contemporary English
- Indefinite Specific Subjects in English Texts
Note: Second-year students are encouraged to come up with their own proposals for their Bc. theses in all the disciplines taught at the Department (Modern English, Cultural Studies, Linguistic disciplines, British and American literature and Translation). Individual students can contact the teachers of the subjects of their proposed theses in order to consult the feasibility of their topics.
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Creative British English Dissertation Ideas
- Write about a cozy spot you enjoy at home
- How to describe the physical appearance of a person in an essay
- Interesting words to say ‘hello’ in a British paper
- Discuss the impact of using informal contractions in a British English paper
- What are some of the advisable internet slang and abbreviations to use in a paper?
- How to introduce an essay on a horrible experience.’
- Ways to say ‘I don’t like it’s in a British English paper
- How to ask someone to repeat something in British English
- Verbs and prepositions that make an English paper stand out
- Other ways to say ‘you are so beautiful’ in British English
- Why most students have a problem differentiating British and American English
Top-Notch Dissertation Topics In English Literature
- A closer look at the poetry of William Shakespeare
- The impact of the first literary explorers in shaping literary imagination
- The role of visions of nature in the 17 th century poetical works
- Discuss the origins of the English novels and short plays
- How and why did fiction stories develop over the centuries?
- The impact of the renaissance period on the development of literature
- Discuss the effects of secularization on the individual view of life
- The role of the radical scientific advancement on literary works
- Discuss the implications of the 19 th -century literature to modern-day works
- The themes of love and loss in traditional literature
- A study of the micro and macro literary themes of the ancient literary works
Hot English Literature Dissertation Topics
- Discuss the interplay between sex and violence in sensational fiction works
- The role of politics in changing literature of the 18 th century
- Discuss the concept of gender representation in the gothic novel
- Evaluate the emergence of realism among literature writers in the 19 th century
- How romance shaped the growth of literature among British writers
- The impact of science fiction on English literature
- The emergence of postmodernism and the events that transformed literature
- The relationship between psychology, philosophy, and literature
- Evaluate visionary closure as seen in the 19 th -century novels
- Comprehending water imagery in the works of Virginia Woolf
- A study of time and space in ancient literary works
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- Discuss the notion of being in the modern literary works
- A study of character and identity the works of Leonardo da Vinci
- What is the implication of magic and fantasy in ancient works?
- Discuss the similarities and differences between modernism and postmodernism
- How literary studies interrelate with other subjects
- Interpreting the literature of the 21 st century
- The role of philosophy in understanding and interpreting literature
- Why changing political relations had a gross impact on literature
- Discuss the implication of Darwin and his evolutionary narrative to literature
- What is the new relationship between poetry and painting?
- The role of print culture and mass distribution in advancing literary works
World-Class Literature Dissertation Writing Ideas
- How authors use landscape as a source of literary inspiration
- Describe how most authors portrayed the rural-urban divide
- Why is the concept of place so crucial in romantic literary works?
- Analyze the correlation between nature, narrative, and literature
- How do the descriptions of Africa differ from those of the West?
- The impact of globalization on promoting and inspiring literature
- Who determines what literature is appropriate for society or not?
- A discussion of the features that make an Epic
- The use of imagery in communicating crime and violence
- What is the function of animals in children’s literature?
- The unmatchable role of humor in children’s literature
Top English Literature Dissertation Ideas
- What is the critical role of names in any literary work?
- Why storybooks are the most acceptable form of literature among children
- The importance and social contexts of various literary works
- How disability is represented in modern and ancient literature
- The effects of everyday use of social media on literacy levels
- A critical analysis of the promotion of women empowerment through literary works
- Discuss the evolution of modern literature compared to 18 th -century literature
- A systematic study of ancient literature writers
- The relationship between early 17 th century plays and emerging plays
- How climate change has contributed to modern literature
- The impact of feminist movements on contemporary literary works
Example Dissertation Titles on Gender
- Discuss the history of British and American literature on gender
- Discuss the ‘new women’ concept among modern literature writers
- What role does the writer play in his/her own story?
- Why gender affiliations affect the overall thought of a literary work
- Discuss the characterization of the male and female genders
- Evaluate the circulation of feministic literary works as compared to the patriarchal works
- Explore the various myths and misconceptions associated with literature and gender
- Analyze the issue of gender association in the 20 th -century literature
- The impact of women theatre managers on literary works performed
- Discuss the writing styles and impression of gender-based literary works
- Look at the role of the female members of the Gothic subculture in literature
Out-of-the-World Ideas For Dissertation Topics
- Analyze the various 20 th -century representations of Black males
- The globalizing nature of modern literary works
- The emerging logic of the Public Sphere in writing
- Discuss the poetics, rhetoric, and social struggle of select literary works
- How the politics of feeling and belonging affects the effectiveness of literature
- Discuss the colonial and postcolonial differences in American fiction
- A critical analysis of the national and continental writing styles
- Developing an interactive literature audience through the internet
- How to write for social action: A case study of activism
- Discuss the impact of racial discrimination on the development of literary works
- How to register for the local and global audience at the same time
Custom English Language Dissertation Ideas
- The characterizations of womanhood in modern-day literature
- A critical analysis of the characters in a play of your choice
- The extent to which literary works shape the reality of today
- Discuss the aspects of nationalism and regionalism within novels
- Analyze various forms of historical fiction and their impact on today’s society
- Compare and contrast romantic, historical fiction, and recessionary pressures
- Techniques used to bring a sense of place in ancient literature
- Changing approaches to imagery in modern literary works
- The impact of living in a media-oriented world on the success of literature
- The aspects of history and sociology in analyzing literary works
- An analysis of the roles of blindness and nature Shakespeare’s classical works
Professional Examples of Dissertation Titles
- A comparison of John Donne’s metaphysical love poems and sermons
- Discuss the undisputed value of text speech in literature
- Compare and contrast the literature in Marxists versus communist societies
- The role of gender and patriarchy stereotyping in literature
- A comparative study of the various themes displayed in Shakespeare’s works
- An evaluation of the use of plot and characters in plays
- The impact of discriminatory attitudes towards other marginalized sectors in literary works
- Do literary works depict the contemporary reality of any society?
- The role of literature in controversial issues such as homosexuality and abortion
- The role of clowns in comic literary works
- An exploration of the facets of evil in highly controlled societies
Dissertation Titles For ‘A’ Grade Students
- Explore the various genres used in college literature
- The reception of the 19 th -century novels by academicians and the public alike
- How the understanding of literary works affects our modern-day perspective of life
- An analysis of abortion in literature
- Discuss the ever-changing role of women in modern literary works
- Why some literary works are appealing to adults and children alike
- The growth of feminism in the 21 st -century literature
- How did Milton’s Paradise Lost affect 17 th -century literature?
- The critical role of imagination in any work of literature
- How accurate is history in various historical novels?
- The role of J.K. Rowling to modern-day literature
Literature Based Dissertation Example Topics
- A rhetorical analysis of American and British literature
- How to achieve creative writing for college literature papers
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- Why dramatic memoirs are efficient in illustrating grief and love
- The influence of other disciplines on the study of literature
- Discuss the subject of love in medieval romance
- A close textual analysis of modern-day authors
- The role of pros poems centered around death in communicating loss
- How to narrate colonialism and slavery in the expansion of capitalism
- Critique the American literary naturalism and the aesthetic of integration
- The role of short stories in communicating themes
Expert Thesis Topics in English Literature
- Effects of representation of class and nation in women’s writing
- Discuss the various multi-ethnic literature in the UK
- A study of the medieval European romances
- Evaluate some of the stories that queer kids tell themselves
- Analyze multimodal composition and digital technology
- An examination of the old English literature
- How to expand the theoretical and instructional frameworks for literature
- An investigation of American Yogi
- An interrogation of death in literature
- Explorations of the Bible
- Why does there exist an intimate debate between the reader and the work?
Thesis Topics For English Literature Students
- Explore the various essay writing styles
- The impact of literature on life decisions
- Confronting social issues using literature
- How we can use literature to deal with grief and loss
- The psychology of reading novels in the afternoon
- Discuss the modalities of material culture in religious narratives
- An examination of sexuality in modern literature
- How different people respond to literary works
- The role of poems in exploring culture and history
- Dealing with racism and poverty using literary works
- The media and proliferation of literature
British Lit Research Paper Topics
- Is memory all that matters when composing a literary work?
- A discourse of gender and race in British literature papers
- Poetic and economic interpretations of the Great Revolt of 1381
- Stigma and subjectivity in British works
- Discuss politics, aesthetics, and the urban space in postcolonial British literature
- The innovative perspective of British Literature
- Discuss the similarities between British Literature and American literature
- Survey the various perspectives of humanity contemporary British literature
- The English imperial selfhood in British literature
- Discuss female education and reading of the 18 th century British novels
- Considering the sublime through the late 19 th century, British works
- Reconfiguration of British literary works
- Discuss female subjectivity in British literature
- A case study of early books in the UK
- Experimental narrative structures in Britain
First-Class English Literature Topics
- Role of symbolism in literature
- Love in literature
- Traditions in literature
- Melancholy as used in poetry
- How each genre tells a story
- Allusions in novels
- Gender roles in literature
- Historical background of plays
- Religion and novels
- Critiquing a novel
- Psychological realism in literature
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London, Bloomsbury English BA (2025)
This programme provides a historically-based overview of literature from the seventh century to the present day, together with opportunities to specialise in particular periods of literature, in modern English language, and in thematic areas. We offer a syllabus rich in the literature of different times and genres. It combines traditional literary skills and modern thought. Students are encouraged and supported to develop their own interests and specialisms.
UK tuition fees (2024/25)
Overseas tuition fees (2024/25), programme starts, application deadline, ucas course code.
- Entry requirements
Contextual offer information
Contextual offer, uk applicants qualifications.
For entry requirements with other UK qualifications accepted by UCL, choose your qualification from the list below:
Equivalent qualification
Pass in Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 33 credits at Distinction and 12 credits at Merit, all from Level 3 units. Please note, where subject specific requirements are stipulated at A level we may review your Access to HE syllabus to ensure you meet the subject specific requirements prior to a final decision being communicated.
Not acceptable for entrance to this programme.
D3,D3,D3 in three Cambridge Pre-U Principal Subjects. English Literature required
A,A,A at Advanced Highers (or A,A at Advanced Higher and A,A,A at Higher). English Literature required at Advanced Higher.
Successful completion of the WBQ Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate plus 2 GCE A levels at grades AAA. English Literature required.
International applications
Country-specific information, including details of when UCL representatives are visiting your part of the world, can be obtained from the International Students website .
Access and widening participation
Undergraduate preparatory certificates.
The Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPC) prepare international students for a UCL undergraduate degree who don’t have the qualifications to enter directly. These intensive one-year foundation courses are taught on our central London campus.
Typical UPC students will be high achievers in a 12-year school system which does not meet the standard required for direct entry to UCL.
For more information see: ucl.ac.uk/upc .
- English language requirements
The English language level for this programme is: Level 4
Information about the evidence required, acceptable qualifications and test providers can be found on our English language requirements page.
A variety of English language programmes are offered at the UCL Centre for Languages & International Education .
Course overview
The first year of the English BA acts as a foundation for the two following years, covering major narrative texts from the Renaissance to the present, an introduction to Old and Middle English, the study of critical method and literary theory, and the study of intellectual and cultural sources (texts which influence English literature but which are not in themselves necessarily classified as such).
In your second and third years, you will study compulsory modules on Chaucer and Shakespeare and choose six further modules, covering literature from the Old English period to the present day. Students must take at least one pre-1800 module and at least one post-1800 module. You will also have the opportunity to study American literature and literature in English from other countries.
Within these compulsory and optional papers, you will work with your tutor and in seminars to focus your reading and essay writing around topics that interest you within the parameters of your chosen modules. The degree thus combines breadth and depth with individual freedom to explore a wide variety of writers and ideas.
The flexible second- and third-year programme is deliberately structured to give you maximum freedom to choose modules in whichever combination suits you.
Modules are assessed by regular tutorial essays and final examinations at the end of the second and third years (one examination per year may be substituted for a coursework essay). During the third year, you will also independently research and write a longer essay about a topic of particular interest.
What this course will give you
Studying English at UCL provides you with an inspirational setting: London, and the Bloomsbury area in particular, have long been at the centre of British literary life and you will be surrounded by world-class libraries and special collections.
UCL was at the forefront of the establishment of English Literature as a university subject, and the department is regularly ranked among the best in the country. We are the only English department in the UK to maintain guaranteed one-to-one tutorial teaching across all three years of the programme.
The wide-ranging nature of the department's optional modules is designed to give you an overview of developments in literary periods and movements, and in the English language, whilst allowing you to pursue your own interests through specialised sign-up seminars and tutorial teaching.
UCL English has a strong tradition of links with the literary world. Practising writers are invited to give readings and a wide range of extracurricular culture, media and journalism-based student activities take place during the year.
Teaching and learning
In the first year of your degree you will take four modules which constitute a foundation for the study of English literature. Students study eight further modules across years two and three (four in each year). Two of those eight are compulsory, the other six modules are chosen from a list covering many periods of English literature and various themes within the discipline.
Upon successful completion of 360 credits, you will be awarded a BA (Hons) in English.
Please note that the list of modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability is subject to change. Modules that are in use for the current academic year are linked for further information. Where no link is present, further information is not yet available.
The first year of the English BA acts as a foundation for the following two years, covering major narrative texts from the Renaissance to the present, an introduction to Old and Middle English, the study of critical method and literary theory, and the study of intellectual and cultural sources (texts which influence English literature but which are not in themselves necessarily classified as such).
In your second and third years, you will study compulsory modules on Chaucer and Shakespeare and will choose six further modules from a wide range: from Old English to Modern Literature since 1945 to Literary Representations and the History of Homosexuality, and many more. American literature and literature in English from other countries also feature strongly.
Within these compulsory and optional modules, you will work with your tutor and in seminars to focus your reading and essay writing around topics that interest you within the parameters of your chosen modules. The degree thus combines breadth and depth with individual freedom to explore writers and ideas, as well as providing you with the opportunity to undertake interdisciplinary research. Many students opt to write on topics that connect literature to, for example, visual arts and music.
Modules are assessed by a combination of regular tutorial essays and final examinations at the end of the second and third years. In the third year, you will also write a longer research essay on a topic of particular interest.
Compulsory modules
Optional modules, your learning.
We teach in lectures, seminars and tutorials. Our one-to-one tutorial teaching is unique among English departments in the UK. Fortnightly tutorials provide the opportunity to discuss your individual written work and academic progress with your tutor, as well as raise any concerns or queries about your modules or other matters.
22% of a student's time during the two teaching terms will be spent in lectures, seminars and tutorials, and the remainder in independent study and writing essays for the ten tutorials, which take place across Terms 1 and 2. In Term 3, students will be preparing for and sitting examinations.
Most modules are assessed by examination, however for up to two modules you may submit longer essays in place of a examination. In addition, throughout the three years of the programme you will receive a mark based on your tutorial essays at the end of each term. You will also be assessed in your third year by a 6,000-word research essay on a topic chosen by you with guidance from your tutor.
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The foundation of your career
Traditional career paths include publishing, journalism and teaching, but English graduates are also sought after by the civil service, local government, finance, business, the media and film. Some career destinations in recent years include Deloitte, Oxford University Press, the BBC, Granada TV, the British Library, Waterstones, Sotheby's and Reuters in New York.
Many of our graduates go on to further study in the UK and elsewhere, pursuing Master's and PhD programmes as well as postgraduate courses in law, teacher training, archive management, and chartered surveying among other professions.
Employability
Graduates in English are articulate, can write clearly, can undertake research, and can present evidence for and against a case. These transferable skills will make you highly employable in the eyes of a wide range of employers.
- Fees and funding
Fees for this course
The fees indicated are for undergraduate entry in the 2024/25 academic year. The UK fees shown are for the first year of the programme at UCL only. Fees for future years may be subject to an inflationary increase. The Overseas fees shown are the fees that will be charged to 2024/25 entrants for each year of study on the programme, unless otherwise indicated below.
Full details of UCL's tuition fees, tuition fee policy and potential increases to fees can be found on the UCL Students website .
Additional costs
While the department strives to keep additional costs low, students may incur expenses such as books, stationery, printing or photocopying. Books and journal articles are usually available via the UCL library (hard copies or via e-journal subscriptions).
A guide including rough estimates for these and other living expenses is included on the UCL Fees and funding pages . If you are concerned by potential additional costs for books, equipment, etc., please get in touch with the relevant departmental contact (details given on this page).
- Funding your studies
Various funding options are available, including student loans, scholarships and bursaries. UK students whose household income falls below a certain level may also be eligible for a non-repayable bursary or for certain scholarships. Please see the Fees and funding pages for more details.
Scholarships
The Scholarships and Funding website lists scholarships and funding schemes available to UCL students. These may be open to all students, or restricted to specific nationalities, regions or academic department.
- How to apply
Application for admission should be made through UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). Applicants currently at school or college will be provided with advice on the process; however, applicants who have left school or who are based outside the United Kingdom may obtain information directly from UCAS.
For further information on UCL's selection process see: How we assess your application .
Selected UK-based candidates whose UCAS applications meet our entry criteria and include a strong personal statement will be invited to an informal online interview of approximately twenty minutes with two members of staff. These are held on a rolling basis between November and March. After the interview, these candidates will sit a forty-minute written assessment, in which they will be asked to write a critical commentary on an unseen passage of poetry or prose. If you live outside the UK your application will be considered without an interview. We may contact you for further information by asking you to complete a questionnaire instead of an interview (which aims to follow a similar format to the face-to-face interview and written assessment).
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