You will learn to share your ideas about poetry, short stories and plays as well as studying social and historical influences and cultural contexts. Employers will also value your achievements. We welcome mature students for whom other experiences may be more appropriate than formal qualifications. The most important qualifications for this course are that you enjoy reading and talking about books, that you like to think for yourself and that you want the challenge of new ideas. An introduction to the detailed study of one modern novel.
Candidates study one work of poetry and one work of drama.
Shakespeare Detailed study of a Shakespeare play. Texts in time Builds on module 2. Study of pre- 1770 drama text with an emphasis on different interpretations of that text by different readers and of a romantic poetry text with an emphasis on its historical, social and cultural context. Reading for meaning Detailed study of unseen texts from a range of periods and genre. Allows candidates to demonstrate an understanding of the connections between the different elements of the subject.