How flexible is the degree programme in English Literature?
One of the distinctive features of our degree is that from the second year onwards, you can design your own course, and focus on the topics that interest you most. The modules taught in the School of English are organized into eleven bands, and of these Bands 5-11 are concerned with Literature. Most of them follow a chronological order; for example, Band 5 comprises modules in Medieval and Early Modern Literature, on topics such as “Paradise Lost and Its Revolutionary Readers”, and “Shakespeare and Childhood”. Band 8, on the other hand, is Twentieth-Century Literature, including modules on “American Fiction” and “Representations of the Holocaust”. In designing your course, you need to balance your modules across all the Literature bands, so as to ensure historical coverage; but as long as you cover all the Literature bands, you are free to choose whichever modules interest you most. Your personal tutor will give you guidance on how best to balance your choices.
