Literature courses
Discover our popular literature courses, whether you want to get started with one of our reading groups or delve into a particular writer, from Shakespeare, Wilde and Austen to Milton, Pinter and more. Florence Afolabi discovered her passion for literature at City Lit and went on to study A/S level literature and language. She now has a PGCE and is soon to become a primary school teacher. Read all about her inspirational story here.
- A taste of 18th century literature
- A Wilde day
- An introduction to literature: a themed approach
- An introduction to literature: drama
- An introduction to literature: poetry and prose
- AS level English literature
- City Lit evening reading group
- City Lit reading group
- Classic drama
- Classic short stories
- Contemporary poetry
- Dante's Purgatory: the poetry of redemption part 1 cantos 1-6
- Dante's Purgatory: the poetry of redemption part 2 cantos 7-13
- Dante's Purgatory: the poetry of redemption part 3 cantos 14-20
- Dante's Purgatory: the poetry of redemption part 4 cantos 21-27
- Dante's Purgatory: the poetry of redemption part 5 cantos 28-33
- Detective novels and thrillers from the Victorian era to the present
- Drama in society
- Film of the book
- Introduction to poetry
- Jane Austen and romanticism
- Literary landmarks
- Modern American literature
- Paradise Lost
- Poetry and feeling
- Poetry: the spirit of place
- Shakespeare in performance
- Shakespeare's madmen: Titus Andronicus, Hamlet and King Lear
- Shakespeare's women
- Shakespeare: four plays
- The 19th century novel
- The early poetry of Dante: La Vita Nuova
- The greatest English medieval romance: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- The poet's voice
- Three classic novels
- Two post-modern classics: Murdoch and Fowles
- Visiting London theatre today
- Ways into literature: a themed approach
- Ways into literature: drama
- Ways into literature: poetry and prose
- Women at war: an exploration through fiction
- Women writers at the fin de siecle
- World fictions
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A taste of 18th century literature
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