Year three! Or should that be year two?

Well blimey, I can't quite believe that I'm writing this post two weeks (ish) before the start of my third year at the OU!

As any part-time degree student will tell you, trying to explain exactly what year of university you're currently studying in is quite difficult; rather than studying two modules a year over three years, a part time degree student usually studies one module a year over six years, and so, I am starting my third year of study this year, however this is only the beginning of my second year!

I know!

On the up-side, this being the beginning of my "second year" means that I'm about to officially enter the unknown and will be the furthest I have ever reached in Higher Education; I have completed two modules (level one) and my third module heralds the beginning of level 2!

This module, A230 Reading and Studying Literature, is a solely English Literature module, which will be a big change from the multidisciplinary structure of AA100 and A105. I have not studied a 100% literature module since I was at college, and I admit that I will miss the other disciplines I've been able to learn about, Philosophy, Art History, Music, Classical Studies etc...

I am about half way through reading the set books that we've been given, my favourite so far is The Sign of Four, a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle; the copy I have is one that my uncle gave me when I was in year seven at school, so I've taken my time getting around to reading that one!

Another text I'll be studying is Dancing at Lughnasa, a play by Brian Friel, set in Ireland in 1936

: I was lucky enough to take part in a production of this at the Talisman in Kenilworth a few years back so I am looking forward to revisiting it and seeing how we study this in contrast to actually performing it!

As I'm only half way through the texts though, I ought to get cracking!

:-)