Honours in English Studies

This one-year, residential programme consists of eight components. Six taught courses (3 per semester), with a compulsory research essay/mini thesis that counts for two modules (1 per semester). Each taught component meets for a weekly two-hour seminar. The mini-thesis is developed over the course of the year.

Overall, students take one module called 'English Studies'. A range of literary issues and texts is covered, among them: postcolonial theory and literature; auto/biography and life-writing; modernity, alienation and the crisis of experience; African science fiction; modern theory; the Victorian novel and the neo-Victorian; cultural studies, and South/ern African literatures. The entrance requirement is 65% in English 3 (or a suitable cognate discipline). 

This one-year, residential programme consists of eight components. Six taught courses (3 per semester), with a compulsory research essay/mini thesis that counts for two modules (1 per semester). Each taught component meets for a weekly two-hour seminar. The mini-thesis is developed over the course of the year.

Overall, students take one module called 'English Studies'. A range of literary issues and texts is covered, among them: postcolonial theory and literature; auto/biography and life-writing; modernity, alienation and the crisis of experience; African science fiction; modern theory; the Victorian novel and the neo-Victorian; cultural studies, and South/ern African literatures. The entrance requirement is 65% in English 3 (or a suitable cognate discipline).