English Literature

Course summary

The course aims to foster students' appreciation and enjoyment of English Literature. It offers the opportunity to study literary texts from different periods, genres and cultures. Students will study works by well-known writers such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Orwell but also get to explore more contemporary writers such as Margaret Atwood and Graham Swift. Students are taught in small tutorial style classes, where the emphasis is on analysis and discussion of literary texts. Students are expected to spend about 5 hours per week on independent reading and research in preparation for written assessments.