English Literature

Think you know your Chaucer from your Shakespeare? Your Emily Brontë from your Emily Dickinson? You often chat modernism and absurdism over your morning coffee?

Don't worry, that's not us (all the time). But if when you hear "My life was written by Samuel Beckett", you go "Aah, here's someone after my own heart", then you'd probably like our hang outs: where you can chat fanfiction in one corner of the room and Paradise Lost in the other, and often end up in the middle. Sounds like your kind of party? Then you're our kind of member!

We hold weekly events throughout the year, a mix of lectures (open to all, and exploring themes you might not hear in class) and socials (craft nights, games afternoons, picnics, movie nights), and end every month with a themed pub quiz in town (free to members!). This month, we're planning:

• 02/03 - 17:00 - Chaplaincy's Lounge - LiTEArary Chat: Lady Knights: We're chatting badass ladies, the resugence of Lady Knights in the year of our Lord 2026, Sapphic reps, and what exactly appeals in the trope of Lady Knights!
• 08/03 - 13:30 - Cowdray Hall - Little Women (2019): Belmont Cinema is celebrating International Women's Day with a free screening of Little Women (2019) and since it's a great cause and a great film, we're crashing!
• 09/03 - 17:00 - Chaplaincy's Lounge - LiTEArary Chat: Metafiction: We're talking metafiction, what it means, how it is applied, and why it speaks (or doesn't speak) to readers; come for the chat and a cup of tea!
• 13/03 - 18:30 - Galic Lane Bar - Spring Pub Quiz: Art History Soc, Filmmaking Soc and LitSoc are proud to invite you to our Spring pub quiz!
• 16/03 - 16:30 - CB009 - AGM 2026: It's time to vote for a new committee: join us in College Bounds before Dr Chatterjee's lecture!
• 16/03 - 17:30 - CB009 - Subalternity and Postcolonial Emotions in A Fine Balance: A lecture by Dr Sukla Chatterjee: Dr Sukla Chatterjee (she/her, Lecturer) will be talking about her research on Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance.

Our membership fee is cheaper than many secondhand books, so don't hesitate to join us; we're a great bunch and a good laugh! Click here to join the WhatsApp group chat, sign up to our newsletter or follow us to keep up to date with our events!

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