English first years 2013/14?

Starting an English course (Q300) at Liverpool this year and wanted to see if I could find anyone else on here doing the course :smile:

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Pearson95

Hey, I'm doing English too! I haven't seen many people talk about English at all so it's good to see there are two of us at least. :biggrin:

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chelseadytham

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Good! I was getting quite worried about that haha, I thought it would be a good idea to try and find some course mates on here! 😊

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IL0veBooks_55

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Fellow Q300 English student here :smile:

Have you guys got your reading lists? I'm really concerned that I won't have the required reading done in time!
What modules are you studying in your first year?
I'm doing: Introduction to the Novel (18th-20th Century), Introduction to Drama(19th-20th Century), Introduction to Poetry (17th Century), Classical & Biblical Background to Literature and then The Age of Chivalry and/or The Heroic Age. The last 2 modules are optional, I'm definitely going to choose 1, and then either study the other or choose a module from another department, maybe theology. There is also a course on The History of the English Language which I might do instead of an outside module... not sure! Too much choice.

What sort of things did you guys study for A level?
I'm so so excited to start!

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soph24601

I'm doing English too! :smile:

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Chriss95

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I'm doing English too! :biggrin:

Do we have a reading list which we have to read from before we start?! Haven't heard anything about this :frown:

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soph24601

Original post by Chriss95

I'm doing English too! :biggrin:

Do we have a reading list which we have to read from before we start?! Haven't heard anything about this :frown:

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Me neither! I think there is a reading list but I can't seem to find it anywhere.. Could somebody please link us if you know where it is? :smile:

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Pearson95

Here's the reading list http://readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk/departments/sch010.html

A lot of the optional modules do not have any books yet but the two core modules (Literature in Time and Close Reading) that we are studying in the first semester have lists of books we should read (e.g Jane Eyre is on the list *cry*)

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Chriss95

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Original post by Pearson95

Here's the reading list http://readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk/departments/sch010.html

A lot of the optional modules do not have any books yet but the two core modules (Literature in Time and Close Reading) that we are studying in the first semester have lists of books we should read (e.g Jane Eyre is on the list *cry*)

Thanks!!

So do we have to buy these books now or?
And have we got to read them before we start?!
Sorry for the questions haha! :smile:

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Pearson95

Original post by Chriss95

Thanks!!

So do we have to buy these books now or?
And have we got to read them before we start?!
Sorry for the questions haha! :smile:

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No problem, I'm in the same boat as you; I'm not too sure what to do.

I'm probably going to look into getting some of the books cheap/second hand, the more expensive books I'll see if I can take out the library when the course starts or find out if any second years are willing to sell theirs for a cheap.

And I'm going to try and read some of the books that are on the list but we'll probably have time during the course to read and prepare for lectures based on the books. :biggrin:

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Chriss95

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Original post by Pearson95

No problem, I'm in the same boat as you; I'm not too sure what to do.

I'm probably going to look into getting some of the books cheap/second hand, the more expensive books I'll see if I can take out the library when the course starts or find out if any second years are willing to sell theirs for a cheap.

And I'm going to try and read some of the books that are on the list but we'll probably have time during the course to read and prepare for lectures based on the books. :biggrin:

That's great, thank you! :biggrin:

Yeah Amazon might have second hand books for cheap hopefully!
Glad I've found another English student :biggrin:

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soph24601

Original post by Pearson95

Here's the reading list http://readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk/departments/sch010.html

A lot of the optional modules do not have any books yet but the two core modules (Literature in Time and Close Reading) that we are studying in the first semester have lists of books we should read (e.g Jane Eyre is on the list *cry*)

Thank you for posting that! I'm glad Jane Eyre is one, I already have it ;D

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soph24601

Am I right in thinking that these are our compulsory modules:
Close Reading: (ENGL103)
Analysing English Language (ENGL110)
Literature In Time (ENGL111)
Shakespeare: Ways of Thinking (ENGL112)

And then we choose 2 more from the list that's posted in this thread? :smile:

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chelseadytham

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Yeah that's correct I think 😊

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Reply 14

soph24601

Original post by chelseadytham

Yeah that's correct I think 😊

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Cheers!

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IL0veBooks_55

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Anyone else doing Anglo Saxon/medieval/biblical lit??

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maizdawg93

Hi, Im going to liverpool uni studying biochem this sept. I almost nearly didnt get my place as my college messed up and didnt submit my exam papers, anyway that all sorted but my ucas didnt update until monday and i only received an accommodation offer on friday which is off campus, non-ensuite, looks like a prison and is catered- the opposite of what i want. I rejected this offer mainly for location, i might aswell live at home if i have to commute the uni on a bus.

As its really late now all the halls like unite and europa are full and i really dont know what to do

! Can anyone suggest anything?

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CulturedNoob

Yeh, I'm doing English.

What'r you guys into (literature-wise?)

Reply 18

JoeLee277

I'm doing English. I'm from Liverpool and staying at home though because I got offered catered and couldn't afford it. I thought the first year was the four core modules and then one from a different department each semester?