Literature, creative writing and film

In this course we shall study five key novels of the twentieth century - by Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Silko, Morrison and Roth.

This course is for those who would like to write but don't know how; who tried once and gave up; or who already write but would like to improve; and for readers who have no desire to write but want a different perspective on how fiction works.

This course is for those who would like to write but don't know how; who tried once and gave up; or who already write but would like to improve; and for readers who have no desire to write but want a different perspective on how fiction works.

This course is for those who would like to write but don't know how; who tried once and gave up; or who already write but would like to improve; and for readers who have no desire to write but want a different perspective on how fiction works.

Middle English literature is not all prayer and piety and men in armour. Find a rich cultural heritage in Middle English poems, plays and prose.

How did three sisters living apparently secluded, eventless lives write such original, passionate and dramatic literature? This course is for anyone who has read or would like to read the work of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë.

This course will focus on works by four of the era's major figures - Anthony Trollope, George Eliot, Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy - identifying how the century's main preoccupations find substance in the work of its greatest writers.

This course will focus on works by four of the era's major figures - Anthony Trollope, George Eliot, Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy - identifying how the century's main preoccupations find substance in the work of its greatest writers.

If you have ever been daunted by terms such as 'modernism', 'magic realism' or 'postmodern', this is the course for you.

If you have ever been daunted by terms such as 'modernism', 'magic realism' or 'postmodern', this is the course for you.

During this course, we shall spend time getting to know a range of Shakespeare's plays in detail, supplementing this knowledge with information about their historical background, their theatrical history, and current critical debates.

During this course, we shall spend time getting to know a range of Shakespeare's plays in detail, supplementing this knowledge with information about their historical background, their theatrical history, and current critical debates.