Welcome to the English Department Website

‘Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose. The nineteenth century, as we know it, is largely an invention of Balzac.’

Oscar Wilde, ‘The Decay of Lying’.

 

Literature offers us an opportunity of understanding life and each other and gives us access to a wealth of human insight and imaginative terrains. Stories are told through poetry, drama and prose. These stories allow us to express ourselves to each other as individuals and as communities and enable us to come to an understanding of the moment in which we live, the past and diverse cultures, ideas and experience. In looking at the way in which a work of literature is written, we can learn to appreciate style and the connection between what the story says and the way in which it is told. Central to the aims of the English Department is the promotion and development in our students of independent critical and creative thinking and an appreciation of the aesthetic. It is through their engagement with literature that students of Education and Humanities acquire the critical tools with which to read text and develop their fluency and skills in language and expression.

 

Please find further information about the Department and courses offered, on the Departmental Website.

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Last Updated: Tuesday January 10 2012