BA(Hons) Comparative Literature and Film Studies

Structure

You can complete your Comparative Literature and Film Studies degree in three or four years. If you choose to study abroad for a year, this will take place in Year 3, and the Year 3 modules will instead be studied in Year 4

 

YEAR 1

 

• Approaches and Analysis
• Concepts and History
• Culture and Language
• Introduction to Literature: Texts and Contexts
• The Scene of Learning
• Understanding Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Theory

 

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

 

YEAR 2

Compulsory

• The Scene of Reading
• What is Cinema? Critical Approaches

Choose six from

• Colonial Literatures, Post-Colonial Perspectives
• Experiments in contemporary Women’s Writing
• Fairy Tales in the Modern World
• Film Curation
• Film, Literature and Adaption
• Homeward Bound: From the Odyssey to O Brother Where Art Thou?
• Introduction to British Cinema
• Literature and Philosophy
• Madness, Past and Present
• Memories of the Holocaust and Colonialism in French Cinema
• Migration through Photography
• Photography and Narrative
• Presentations of London in Modern European Literature and Film
• Scriptwriting: Adaptation and Original Script
• The French New Wave
• Why Belgium? Identities, Cultures, Narratives

 

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

 

YEAR 3

Compulsory

• The Scene of Writing

Choose seven from

• British Cinema from the 1960s New Wave to the Arrival of Channel 4
• Comparative Literature Research Project
• Comparative Modernisms: the Case of China and India
• Constellations: Online Anthology Group Project
• Contemporary Hollywood Cinema
• Eco-cinemas: Nature, Animals and the Moving Image
• Faust in Legend, Literature and the Arts
• Film and Ethics
• Film Archaeology
• Film Philosophy
• First World War Literatures
• Grand Tours: 19th century Adventure Stories for Young Readers and their 20th century Afterlives
• Lost in Translation?
• New Independent Indian Cinema
• On the Subject of Sex II: Queen to Queer
• Photography: The Self and its Image
• Reading German Film III: Contemporary German Cinema
• The East in the West

 

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Pre-sessional Requirements

For Pre-sessional entry requirements please look under the relevant Undergraduate, Postgraduate Taught or Postgraduate Research sections below.  We state the relevant IELTS, PTE Academic (UKVI), LanguageCert International ESOL SELT or Trinity ISE requirements for the five, nine or thirteen week Pre-sessional programmes under each School that your chosen course is administered by.

 

Student Visa Regulations

If you will require a Student visa to study in the UK, you must meet the minimum English Language requirements to meet the UKVI regulations.  The minimum IELTS requirement is 5.5 in all four skills (Writing, Reading, Speaking and Listening).  However, many of our courses require higher grades.

 

Pre-sessional English Language Courses

If you fall slightly below our standard English language requirements, you may consider one of our Pre-sessional English courses.  Please note that you will require a UK government approved Secure English Language Test (SELT) for entry to our Thirteen week pre-sessional courses.  Currently, only IELTS for UKVI, PTE Academic (UKVI), LanguageCert International ESOL SELT and Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE) are accepted. The Pre-sessional English course requirements are published according to the academic department within which your chosen course of study is administered.

Home fees £9,250

 

Overseas fees £20,000

 

Loans and grants
UK students accepted onto this course are eligible to apply for tuition fee and maintenance loans from Student Finance England or other government bodies.

 

Scholarships and bursaries
Queen Mary offers a generous package of scholarships and bursaries, which currently benefits around 50 per cent of our undergraduates.

 

Scholarships are available for home, EU and international students. Specific funding is also available for students from the local area. International students may be eligible for a fee reduction. We offer means-tested funding, as well as subject-specific funding for many degrees.

Comparative Literature and Film Studies graduates have a broad range of skills that can take them through to successful careers, such as analytical and critical thinking, as well as practical film production.

 

Some apply their degree knowledge directly, entering careers such as directing, film production and copywriting, whilst others transfer skills gained during study into areas such as public relations.

 

Recent graduates have been hired by:

 

• Celebrity Chef Consortium
• Heineken UK
• Lateral Film
• Levay Estate
• Mission PR.