English Literature

Course summary

English Literature is a two-year course for those who love reading and enjoy immersing themselves in poetry and drama as well as the novel. Reading for pleasure is a key charactersitic of a successful Literature student. You will engage with a variety of texts ranging from Chaucer to contemporary post-1990 fiction and be encouraged to share your opinions and make informed judgements about those texts. Literature can be taken as a stand-alone course or as a complement to other arts-based subjects. Component 1 Shakespeare, Drama and Poetry pre-1900 Written Exam • Texts could include a range from Christopher • Marlowe to Oscar Wilde and Geoffrey Chaucer to Christina Rossetti. Component 2 Comparative and Contextual Study Written Exam including close reading • Themes include: American Literature 1880–1940; • The Gothic; Dystopia; Women in Literature and • The Immigrant Experience. Component 3 Literature post-1900 Non-examined assessment Study of 3 texts: Poetry, prose and drama all published post 1900. 1 text must have been published post 2000. • Task 1: Close reading or re-creative writing with commentary • Task 2: Comparative essay