Reading list

English, Intermediate Course. Theme course in English literary studies

Engelska, Fortsättningskurs. Engelsk litteraturvetenskaplig temakurs

Course
EN1217
First cycle
7.5 credits (ECTS)

About the Reading list

Valid from
Autumn semester 2025 (2025-09-01)
Decision date
2025-09-11

Mandatory literature for the online distance course

Otessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2017: Jonathan Cape), 304pp

Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You? (2021: Faber), 353pp

Additional reading (short stories, critical essays) will be provided via the university learning platform – ca 100pp


Mandatory literature for the campus course for International/Erasmus students

Gurnah, Abdulrazak. (2004). Paradise. London: Bloomsbury. (256 pp)

Shakespeare, William. (2008). The Merchant of Venice. Ed. Jay R. Halio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199535859 (256 pp)

Additional material will be provided via the university learning platform.


Reference literature

Hewings, Martin. Advanced Grammar in Use: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Advanced Learners of English (with answers), 3rd (2013) or 4th (2023) Edition. Cambridge University Press.

McCarthy, Michael & Felicity O'Dell, Felicity. 2016. Academic Vocabulary in Use. Vocabulary Reference and Practice. Self-Study and Classroom Use. Cambridge University Press

McCarthy, Michael & O’Dell, Felicity. 2017. English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced, 3rd Edition. Cambridge University Press.

McCarthy, Michael & O’Dell, Felicity. 2017. English Collocations in Use. Advanced. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press.

(Online) English dictionaries, e.g. Cambridge Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Oxford Learners’ Dictionaries