Students have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of optional modules across different topics and areas of specialism, including:
- Early Modern (16th and 17th century) literature.
- 18th and 19th century literature, including: Romantic, Gothic, naturalist, realist and sentimental writing.
- 20th and 21st century literature, including: Modernism, Postmodernism, science fiction and postcolonial literature.
- United States, Caribbean and Transatlantic literature.
- Poetic, contemporary, experimental, avant-garde and political writing.