At the School of English, our students can apply their literary knowledge in the wider world. During our degrees, student encounter a varied and dynamic range of exciting ways of engaging with literature and the world in we live. As a part of their studies, our students may assemble a learning journal, produce their own book, plan and pitch an exhibition, or even make their own documentary film.<\/p>\n
This is exactly what current first year student Sofia Murray (BA in English Literature) did in the Spring Term, as a part of our Stage One module, EN343 Romantic Ecologies and the Modern Invention of Nature<\/a>. This module examines the legacy of writings from the Romantic period through our current understanding of global warming and climate change, informed as it is by Romantic concerns that urge us not to put the natural world in a frame on the wall, or to see it as a distant thing \u2018out there\u2019. As the final project for the module, students are asked to produce a short documentary film that focuses on one of the authors and topics covered during the term.<\/p>\n You can watch Sofia\u2019s documentary, which focuses on the poetry of John Clare and the 18th<\/sup> Century Enclosure Acts, below:<\/p>\n