English Literature

Course summary

This course offers an opportunity to read widely and independently both set texts and others that students select for themselves; engage creatively with these texts; and respond critically to them via comparison and close analysis. Students will develop a deep appreciation for literature across time, reading novels, essays, plays, prose and poetry. Working from the belief that no text exists in isolation, but is the product of the time in which it was produced, English Literature encourages students to explore the relationships that exist between texts and the contexts within which they are written, received and understood. This enables students to investigate and connect texts, drawing out patterns of similarity and difference using a variety of reading strategies and perspectives.