About English and Theatre Studies, BA - at University of Warwick
Why study English and Theatre Studies at Warwick?
- At the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies you will be learning from experts at the forefront of their fields. A unique focus on Shakespeare draws on our proximity to the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon. Other research strengths include renaissance literature, eighteenth century studies, American literature, women’s writing, world and comparative literature, post-colonal literature, creative writing, poetry and poetics, drama and performance, literary and cultural theory.
- Guided choices and pathways in the second and third years reflect new developments in English Studies and staff research, and offer you excellent coverage of periods, genres, literary movements and theoretical approaches. This means you can tailor your degree to your own areas of academic interest.
- The School of Theatre and Performance Studies is consistently ranked in national league tables as one of the top Theatre departments in the UK and were noted as ‘excellent’ by The Sunday Times. We also regularly record very high satisfaction ratings in National Student Surveys for the quality of our teaching and enthusiastic staff (97% of students strongly agreed or agreed that they were satisfied with the overall quality of their course in the 2014 survey).
- We have outstanding connections to theatre industries and the University is home to Warwick Arts Centre, one of the largest arts complexes in the UK outside London. Departmental learning facilities include fully equipped practical spaces comprising two black-box studios, two adaptable rehearsal spaces with sprung floors and an edit suite with digital video-making facilities.
