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English @ QUB - Reading List inside

I know I'm cutting it a little bit fine, but I'm just wondering how many people are for English next month. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am excited. Anyway, here's the reading list, I got it from module descriptions, which we get during induction, but I sent away for them myself, because I was impatient.


English in Transition:

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William Shakespeare, Othello

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Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays [for Lady Windermere’s Fan]

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Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

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selected poems and critical materials will be made available on Queen’s Online (QOL).




Introduction to English Language:

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Laurie Bauer and Peter Trudgill, eds. Language Myths. London: Penguin, 1998.

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Jonathan Culpeper. History of English. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2005.

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Linda Thomas et al, eds. Language, Society and Power. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2011.



Introduction to Creative Writing:

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Supplementary reading material will be supplied in a course pack, which will be made available to students at the beginning of the course.



English in Context:

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Nam Le, The Boat

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Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

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Ronan Bennett, The Catastrophist

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Joyce Carol Oates, Rape: A Love Story

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J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace

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Philip Pullman, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ

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Cormac McCarthy, The Road



Sounds of the City:

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Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker’s Holiday

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Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway

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Teju Cole, Open City

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China Mieville, The City and the City, and the short story “Looking for Jake” (QOL)

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Ciaran Carson, Exchange Place

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Owen McCafferty, ‘Scenes from the Big Picture’ in Plays I



Identifying, Developing and Applying your Skills:

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No texts as far as I can tell

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Original post by NiallVerbs
I know I'm cutting it a little bit fine, but I'm just wondering how many people are for English next month. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am excited. Anyway, here's the reading list, I got it from module descriptions, which we get during induction, but I sent away for them myself, because I was impatient.


English in Transition:

•

William Shakespeare, Othello

•

Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays [for Lady Windermere’s Fan]

•

Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

•

selected poems and critical materials will be made available on Queen’s Online (QOL).




Introduction to English Language:

•

Laurie Bauer and Peter Trudgill, eds. Language Myths. London: Penguin, 1998.

•

Jonathan Culpeper. History of English. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2005.

•

Linda Thomas et al, eds. Language, Society and Power. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2011.



Introduction to Creative Writing:

•

Supplementary reading material will be supplied in a course pack, which will be made available to students at the beginning of the course.



English in Context:

•

Nam Le, The Boat

•

Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

•

Ronan Bennett, The Catastrophist

•

Joyce Carol Oates, Rape: A Love Story

•

J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace

•

Philip Pullman, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ

•

Cormac McCarthy, The Road



Sounds of the City:

•

Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker’s Holiday

•

Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway

•

Teju Cole, Open City

•

China Mieville, The City and the City, and the short story “Looking for Jake” (QOL)

•

Ciaran Carson, Exchange Place

•

Owen McCafferty, ‘Scenes from the Big Picture’ in Plays I



Identifying, Developing and Applying your Skills:

•

No texts as far as I can tell


I'm doing English with social anthropology ! Really excited ! Thank you for the list :smile:
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