1. Course Introduction + Contemporary American Short Fiction: Philosophical fiction (Charles R. Johnson – 4 short stories)

2. Contemporary American Novel (David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars)

3.+4. Multicultural American (Philip Roth: The Human Stain)

5. Contemporary American Poetry

6. Contemporary American Drama (David Mamet: November)

7. Contemporary British Literature within Historical, Political, Cultural and Theoretical Contexts (Lucy Wood: "Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan, Derelict" (2018) from The Sing of the Shore, Candice Carty-Williams: Queenie (2019)- extract chapter 27)

8. +9. Contemporary British Historical Fiction (Andrea Levy: “Back to My Own Country” (2014) from Six Stories and an Essay (2014); The Long Song (2010))

10. Contemporary British Fiction: Literature and Society (Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other (2019) extracts)

11. Contemporary British Drama (Lucy Kirkwood: The Children (2016), Extracts: Natasha Gordon: Nine Night (2018), Caryl Churchill: Escaped Alone (2016), Ella Hickson: Oil (2016))

12. Contemporary British Poetry