English Literature

Course summary

English Literature prepares us for life. The wide range of texts allows you to reflect on the human condition and encourages an appreciation and awareness of the nuances of language. This subject is intellectually and emotionally stimulating, and is held in high esteem by all universities. This course will encourage you to take greater responsibility for your own learning and will give you a strong grounding in the academic principles relating to working with texts. The detailed analysis work will give you an academic focus and develops your attention to detail whilst the discussion/seminarstyle of teaching and learning will give you an arena for debate and substantiation so as to develop your academic confidence. The course encourages students to develop their interest in, appreciation of and interpretation of English literature, through learning about the ways in which literature can be seen as consisting of possible groups of texts which can be categorised, and whose meaning can be negotiated in many different ways.