English Literature and the Canon: Tradition and Innovation

Education facts

Code: 5EN160

The course analyses selected English literary works with an emphasis on the 19th-century novel and various modernist genres. The influence and reflection of social developments in literature are addressed, as are the perspectives of cultural and literary history. Basic concepts and methods of literary criticism are applied.

Entry requirements

English A1 and English B1

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• English Literature and the Canon: Tradition and Innovation

  Uppsala University

  Start date: 2 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %