English A1
30 credits
Reading list, Bachelor's level, 5EN114
A revised version of the reading list is available.
Module 1. Language Structure (8 credits)
Main reading
- Estling Vannestål, Maria, A university grammar of English: with a Swedish perspective, Second edition, Lund, Studentlitteratur, [2015]Compulsory
- Schmitt, Diane; Schmitt, Norbert, Focus on vocabulary.: mastering the academic word list, 2. ed., White Plains, N.Y., Pearson Longman, c2011Compulsory
- Rönnerdal, Göran; Johansson, Stig, Introducing English pronunciation, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 2005Compulsory
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.., senaste uppl., London, LongmanCompulsory
Reference and additional material
- Crystal, David, Rediscover grammar, Rev. ed., London, Longman, 2004
- Florby, Gunilla; Fält, Erik, Grammatiskt ABC: grammatiska termer och begrepp för effektiva språkstudier, 2. uppl., Uppsala, Scripta textproduktion, 1998
- Johansson, Stig; Rönnerdal, Göran, English pronunciation: a handbook, 2., [rev.]ed., Lund, Studentlitteratur, 1993
- Norstedts stora svensk-engelska ordbok =: Norstedts comprehensive Swedish-English dictionary, 3., [utök.] uppl., Stockholm, Norstedts ordbok, 2000
- Norstedts stora engelsk-svenska ordbok =: Norstedts comprehensive English-Swedish dictionary, 3., [utök.] uppl., Stockholm, Norstedts ordbok, 2000
Material for self-study
- Johansson, Stig; Rönnerdal, Göran, English pronunciation: a handbook. A workbook, 3. uppl., Lund, Studentlitteratur, 1993
- Sager Svartvik, Olof Jan, Modern engelsk grammatik., senaste uppl., Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell/Liber
- Svartvik, Jan; Sager, Olof, Modern engelsk grammatik. Övningsbok 2, senaste uppl., Stockholm, Liber
Digital and photocopied material.
Module 2. Academic Writing in English (7 credits)
- Falk, Angela, Thinking and writing in academic contexts: a university companion, 1. ed., Lund, Studentlitteratur, 2011Compulsory
Digital and photocopied material.
Module 3. Introduction to English Linquistics (5 credits)
Main reading
- Yule, George, The study of language, 5th [revised and updated] ed.Compulsory
Digital and photocopied material.
Module 4. Literature (10 credits)
The module consists of two parts. All students take the same version of part 1. Part 2 is a themed reading course.
Main reading
- Brontë, Charlotte, Jane EyreCompulsory (Must be this edition.)
- Mays, Kelly J., The Norton introduction to literature, Shorter 12. ed., New York, Norton, 2016Compulsory
Part 2, Theme A: Literary Monsters
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft; Hunter, J. Paul, Frankenstein: the 1818 text, contexts, criticism, 2nd ed., New York, W.W. Norton & Co., c2012Compulsory (Must be this edition.)
- Mays, Kelly J., The Norton introduction to literature, Shorter 12. ed., New York, Norton, 2016Compulsory
Part 2, Theme B: 'Elsewhere', Borders, frontiers, literature
- Coetzee, J. M., Waiting for the barbarians, New York, Penguin, 1982Compulsory
- Syal, Meera, Anita and me, London, Flamingo, 1997, cop. 1996Compulsory
- MacLaverty, Bernard, Walking the dog and other stories, London, Cape, 1994Compulsory
- Mays, Kelly J., The Norton introduction to literature, Shorter 12. ed., New York, Norton, 2016Compulsory
Part 2, Theme C: Writing the Modern City
- Cunningham, Michael, The hours., New York, Farrar, 1999Compulsory
- Woolf, Virginia, Mrs Dalloway., Repr., Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1972Compulsory
- Mays, Kelly J., The Norton introduction to literature, Shorter 12. ed., New York, Norton, 2016Compulsory
Part 2, Theme D: Mystery and Madness in Literature
- Carroll, Lewis, Alice in Wonderland: authoritative texts of Alice's adventures in Wonderland ; Through the looking-glass ; The hunting of the snark: backgrounds, essays in criticism, 2. ed., New York, Norton, cop. 1992Compulsory
- McEwan, Ian, Enduring love, London, Vintage, 1998Compulsory
- Poe, Edgar Allan, The fall of the house of Usher and other tales, Champaign, Ill., Project Gutenberg, [199-?]Compulsory
- Mays, Kelly J., The Norton introduction to literature, Shorter 12. ed., New York, Norton, 2016Compulsory
Part 2, Theme E: The Maritime Imaginary
- Conrad, Joseph, Typhoon and other stories, London, Penguin, 2007Compulsory
- "The Wreck of the Deutschland", Part of: The works of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Ware, Wordsworth, 1994Compulsory
- Mays, Kelly J., The Norton introduction to literature, Shorter 12. ed., New York, Norton, 2016Compulsory
Part 2, Theme F: War Literature
- Crane, Stephen, The red badge of courage: an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, criticism, 3. ed., New York, Norton, 1994Compulsory
- Vonnegut, Kurt, Mother night, Dial Press trade paperback ed., New York, N.Y., Dial Press, 2006Compulsory
- Mays, Kelly J., The Norton introduction to literature, Shorter 12. ed., New York, Norton, 2016Compulsory
Digital and photocopied material.
* Compulsory