English Literature

Assessment

Prose: Two prose texts from a chosen theme: Science and Society Pre-1900: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley; Post-1900: The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood. Poetry: poetic form, meaning and language, selection of post 2000 specified poetry and a specified range of poetry from. Medieval Poet: Geoffrey Chaucer The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale, editor James Winny (Cambridge, 1994) John Donne Selected Poems (Penguin Classics, 2006), or Romantic Poet: John Keats Selected Poems: John Keats, editor John Barnard (Penguin Classics, 2007). Coursework Students have a free choice of two texts to study from poetry, drama, prose or literary non-fiction.