The Department provides a wide range of courses in medieval English language and literature and related areas and also participates vigorously in research, publication, and postgraduate supervision in these fields, working within both disciplinary and interdisciplinary frameworks. This work reflects both the Department's long-standing achievement in the languages and literatures of medieval Britain, and a commitment to developing ways of reading the writings of the past that will shape the textual studies of the future. Level One Medieval English Web Pages. The Department of English offers a wide range of courses in medieval English language and literature and other languages and literatures of medieval Britain, at levels ranging from introductory to specialist. For details follow the links below.
Some courses are also available as ancillary subjects for students taking other degree programmes.
The Department of English offers both taught and research programmes at Master's level, and supervision for PhD dissertations on medieval textual and cultural topics. The research interests of staff include literature and the visual world, Old English and Old Icelandic poetry and prose, romance, Chaucer, Langland, heresy, sermons, devotional literacy, women and text, satirical and political writing, onomastics, Carmelite writing, manuscripts and early printed books, medievalism, and the modern reception of Chaucer and Dante. There is strong enthusiasm for interdisciplinary work, particularly at the interfaces between textuality and history, and between textuality and the visual arts, and applications to pursue research in these areas are especially welcome. For outlines of current programmes and details of how to apply follow this link . Provision is currently being reviewed with new developments planned to take effect from September 2001.