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Students should sign up for Study Abroad during J-Term or summer term. Credit hours from ENGL 377 count toward the major and are capped at 6 hours.
ENGL 377 – Study Abroad (3 hours)
Prerequisite: ENGL 220W
This course provides students with the opportunity to study in foreign settings.
Study in London
ENGL 377N – An Exploration of British Drama
This course will introduce students to the scope and range of British drama from the beginnings of its modern form (in the Renaissance) to the present, focused in particular on its performance in the context of London as a capital of world theatre.
ENGL 377X – Travel Writing in London
This course will give students the opportunity to use writing as a way to explore a place, London. Students learn the city of London while reading texts and writing essays that ask them to view the city from a variety of perspectives. Travel writing has some special features that will shape both the content of the work for this subject. In addition to peering through historical, literary, culinary, and sociological lenses, we will also consider the differences between travel and tourism.
Faculty Contact
Robin Bates, PhD
Professor of English
434.544.8535
[email protected]
Study plays and/or travel writing in London, learn from workshops with London theatre professionals and site visits to important points of literary history.
Start with one week of class time on campus and then travel to London for two weeks of workshops, plays, tours, and excursions. Students live in a single location in London for the duration of their stay, and have some free time to explore the city on their own.
Programs in 2013, 2015, and 2017 have featured workshops with actors at The Globe and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and directors from The National and The Donmar Warehouse; have workshopped Neil D’Souza’s Coming Up and Gary Lagden’s Fly Half while the plays were works-in-progress; have toured The Old Vic, Theatre Royal – Drury Lane, and The Globe; have seen world debut productions at major theatres like The National and fringe theatres like The Old Red Lion; have seen West End blockbusters starring Helen Mirren and David Tennant (and met them afterwards); have made literary pilgrimages to the London homes of writers like Sylvia Plath, John Keats, Charles Dickens, and Dante and Christina Rossetti; and have learned their way around London and enjoyed the best of what that great city has to offer.
Program includes: airfare and lodging, city transportation pass, workshops and tours, theatre tickets to 5 plays, 4 group dinners, excursions and tours to enjoy London’s major historical and theatrical landmarks, and a daytrip by riverboat to the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. Students may register for both classes for 6 credit hours, or just one for 3 credit hours. Graduate students who wish to participate in the program may propose an independent study project which incorporates the workshops, excursions, and 25 research hours at the British Library or other archive. The courses may count for English or Gen Ed electives. Students who take both courses are able to complete 1/3 of the English minor with this program.
For More Information
The Study Abroad office has more information about studying abroad.
