English Literature with Creative Writing (BA)
During Induction Week, make sure you follow your course induction schedule below. This must take priority over any other events. Most of these induction events will be on campus but there may be additional online events that you will need to attend or watch.
While most of these activities won’t change, there could be small changes to timings and locations, so make sure to check back here regularly for any updates.
Don’t forget to complete your online enrolment.
Induction schedule
Monday 16 September
| Time | Event details | Location |
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| On Demand | Read through the HSS Induction Google site For UG students only |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Induction Google site |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Welcome and Induction |
G536, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus |
Wednesday 18 September
| Time | Event details | Location |
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| 11:00am - 1:00pm | English Literature/English Literature and Creative Writing
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Meet in G536, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus |
| 1:00pm - 4:00pm | Module Registration Helpdesk |
G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Welcome to the School of Education, Humanities and Languages |
John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus |
Thursday 19 September
| Time | Event details | Location |
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| 10:00am - 4:00pm | Module Registration Helpdesk |
G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus |
Friday 20 September
| Time | Event details | Location |
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| On Demand | Sexual Consent Education View our consent induction webpage and complete the mandatory course on Moodle |
View the Consent matters webpage Complete the Sexual consent education course |
| 10:00am - 4:00pm | Module Registration Helpdesk | G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | Faculty Social |
CLC G.02, Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall, Clerici Building, Headington Campus |
Student Support Co-ordinators
Your Student Support Coordinator (SSC) is: Lucy Trousdell
| How to contact us | Contact details | Availability |
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| In person | G103, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus | Monday - Friday: 11:00am - 12:00pm; 2:00pm - 3:00pm |
| ssc-hss@brookes.ac.uk | ||
| Phone | +44 (0) 1865 535250 |
Other key contacts
| Job title | Name | Contact details |
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Subject Coordinator/s |
Niall Munro - English Literature |
niall.munro@brookes.ac.uk mjoss@brookes.ac.uk |
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Programme Lead |
Dr Eleanor Lowe |
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Academic Liaison Librarian |
Joanne Cooksey |
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| Programme Adminstrator | Debra Bates | dbates@brookes.ac.uk |
Reading lists
This is an indicative reading list of the core books used for your course's compulsory modules. There is no expectation for you to purchase any of the books, they are all available in the university library.
Once you have chosen your optional modules, you will be able to contact the module leaders to request their reading lists.
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English Literature with Creative Writing |
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Semester 1 Modules |
Recommended Core Text |
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ENGL4001 |
The Norton Anthology of Poetry, 6th revised edition, ed. by Margaret Ferguson, Tim Kendall, and Mary Jo Salter (New York: Norton, 2018). ISBN: 9780393679021 The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, Shorter Eighth Edition, ed. by Richard Bausch and R.V. Cassill (New York: Norton, 2015). ISBN: 9780393937763 |
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ENGL4003 |
Measure for Measure, ed. A. R. Braunmuller and Robert N. Watson (London: Bloomsbury, 2020) Please note this is the revised Arden edition (3rd series) |
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ENGL4014 |
Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited Publisher : Penguin Classics; 1st edition (30 Mar. 2000) |
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ENGL4015 |
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels. Any good edition of this text will be fine, but you might consider the Penguin Classics edition from 2003 (ISBN: 9780141439495), or the Wordsworth Classics edition from 1992 (ISBN: 9781853260278). |
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Semester 2 Modules |
Recommended Core Text |
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ENGL4006 |
Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory, 6th edn (London: Routledge, 2023), ISBN: 9781032158846. |
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ENGL4005 |
Becoming a Writer, Dorothea Brande (any edition) |
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