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This is an optional module only open to students taking the Higher Diploma in English.

This module offers students an introduction to key concepts in English Literature and culture. The course will focus on a variety of prose and fictional texts, including novels, essays and short fiction. Students will focus on both the formal and thematic aspects of prose writing The course requires students to give specific attention to the manner in which good writing utilises different literary and rhetorical strategies to further its ideas and achieve particular effects. The module requires students to engage actively and critically with a wide range of texts through reading, discussion and writing.