Edited by Christopher Douce, Sunday, 30 Mar 2025, 20:28
Whilst studying literature modules over the last few years, I’ve been trying to get ahead during my summer holidays. Here’s a reading list blog post that I prepared last year for A334.
What follows is a version of the A335 Literature in Transition reading list. Where possible (in the cases where the books are out of copyright), I’ve added a link to an accompanying Project Gutenberg download page. My aim and intention is to get as much reading done as possible (after taking a bit of a break after the submission of my A334 end of module assessment, which look to be pretty hard going) over the summer. What tends to happen is that I start quite well, but then end up struggling towards the end of the module.
Just as with my earlier A334 blog, I’ve adjusted the format of each of these references to make sure they more directly comply with the OU Harvard format. Do refer to the CiteThemRight website for further guidance.
Here are a list of the texts:
Eliot, G. (2015) The Mill on the Floss. Edited by G.S.Haight. Oxford World's Classics.
Calvino, I., McLaughlin, M., Parks, T. and Weaver, W. (2010) The Complete Cosmicomics. Penguin Modern Classics.
Winterson, J. (2014) Oranges are not the Only Fruit. Vintage.
Woolf, V. (2023) Between the Acts. Edited by F. Kermode. E-BOOKARAMA
Reflections
This is a pretty extreme example of preparing to study a module. This is also quite an intimidating list of texts. It is an interesting mix of classics and the modern. For a couple of these I haven’t managed to find a Gutenberg eBook equivalent. An example is, of course, Mansfield. Gutenberg also seems to offer a number of different volumes for the Mayhew text.
I’m not going to pretend I can get through even a quarter of these texts over my summer holiday. Besides, our reading is directed through the module materials. When I’m studying the module properly, I’m also likely to make use of the officially recommended version of the text, since the notes by the editor and the author are often really useful.
I have a memory of once seeing a production of Under Milk Wood at The National Theatre in 1995. I remember being blown away by the production. I'm looking forward to formally studying Thomas, along with reading Elliot and Rhys.
Acknowledgements
This reading list has been directly liberated from the A335 module summary page. I have no connection with the module team, and it is entirely possible that this reading list may change. Always rely on the recommendations from the module team, rather than any materials that are mentioned in this post.
Preparing for the summer: A335 Reading list
Whilst studying literature modules over the last few years, I’ve been trying to get ahead during my summer holidays. Here’s a reading list blog post that I prepared last year for A334.
What follows is a version of the A335 Literature in Transition reading list. Where possible (in the cases where the books are out of copyright), I’ve added a link to an accompanying Project Gutenberg download page. My aim and intention is to get as much reading done as possible (after taking a bit of a break after the submission of my A334 end of module assessment, which look to be pretty hard going) over the summer. What tends to happen is that I start quite well, but then end up struggling towards the end of the module.
Just as with my earlier A334 blog, I’ve adjusted the format of each of these references to make sure they more directly comply with the OU Harvard format. Do refer to the CiteThemRight website for further guidance.
Here are a list of the texts:
Eliot, G. (2015) The Mill on the Floss. Edited by G.S.Haight. Oxford World's Classics.
Calvino, I., McLaughlin, M., Parks, T. and Weaver, W. (2010) The Complete Cosmicomics. Penguin Modern Classics.
Ford, F. M. (2013) The Good Soldier. Wordsworth Editions.
Rhys, J. (2000) Good Morning, Midnight. Penguin Modern Classics.
Synge, J. M. (2021) The Playboy of the Western World. Edited by C. Collins. Methuen.
Salih, T. and Johnson-Davies, D. (2003) Season of Migration to the North. Penguin Modern Classics.
Lahiri, J. (2009) Unaccustomed Earth. Bloomsbury.
Dickens, C. (1996) Bleak House. Edited by N.Bradbury. Penguin.
Thomas, D. (2014) Under Milk Wood. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Thoreau, H.D. (2008) Walden, Civil Disobedience and Other Writings. Edited by W. Rossi. W. W. Norton & Company.
Hare, D. (2006) Stuff Happens. Faber and Faber.
Eliot, T.S. (2001) Four Quartets. Faber and Faber.
Mayhew, H. (2008) London Labour and the London Poor. Wordsworth Editions.
Mansfield, K. (2008) Selected Stories. Oxford World's Classics.
Winterson, J. (2014) Oranges are not the Only Fruit. Vintage.
Woolf, V. (2023) Between the Acts. Edited by F. Kermode. E-BOOKARAMA
Reflections
This is a pretty extreme example of preparing to study a module. This is also quite an intimidating list of texts. It is an interesting mix of classics and the modern. For a couple of these I haven’t managed to find a Gutenberg eBook equivalent. An example is, of course, Mansfield. Gutenberg also seems to offer a number of different volumes for the Mayhew text.
I’m not going to pretend I can get through even a quarter of these texts over my summer holiday. Besides, our reading is directed through the module materials. When I’m studying the module properly, I’m also likely to make use of the officially recommended version of the text, since the notes by the editor and the author are often really useful.
I have a memory of once seeing a production of Under Milk Wood at The National Theatre in 1995. I remember being blown away by the production. I'm looking forward to formally studying Thomas, along with reading Elliot and Rhys.
Acknowledgements
This reading list has been directly liberated from the A335 module summary page. I have no connection with the module team, and it is entirely possible that this reading list may change. Always rely on the recommendations from the module team, rather than any materials that are mentioned in this post.