Lærebøker
Thomas W. Heyck: A History of the Peoples of the British Isles: From 1870 to the Present, 2002. London: Routledge. Kap. 11-15 er pensum. Kap 1-10 brukes til supplering/oppslag.
Kathleen Burk (ed.): The British Isles since 1945, 2003. Oxford: OUP.
Tekstpensum
John Oakland: Contemporary Britain: A Survey with Texts, 2001. London: Routledge. Part 6: 'Britain and the World'.
Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay, Yes, Minister (BBC Books, 1984 eller senere utg.): “Editor’s Note”; “Open Government”; “Equal Opportunities”
Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay, Yes, Prime Minister (BBC Books, 1989 eller senere utg.): “Editor’s Note”; “Party Games”; “The Bishop’s Gambit”; “One of Us”; “The Patron of the Arts”; “The National Education Service”
Kompendium 'ENG1510 Storbritannia etter 1960' (fås kjøpt på Kopiutsalget, Akademika):
- Anthony Sampson, “Universities”, fra The New Anatomy of Britain (1971)
- Michael Leapman, “‘Your Saviour is Here’” og “Hounding the Royals”, fra Treacherous Estate: The Press After Fleet Street (1992)
- Peter Hitchens, “A Slow-Motion Revolution”; Jonathan Freedland, “Response to Hitchens”; Tam Dalyell, “Devolution: The End of Britain”; Peter Oborne, “The Rise of the Media Class”, fra Keith Sunderland (ed.), The Rape of the Constitution? (2000)
- Alan Bennett, “A Cream Cracker under the Settee”
- Philip Larkin, “Homage to a Government”
- Seamus Heaney, “Death of a Naturalist”
- Carol Ann Duffy, “Poet for Our Times”
- Robert Crawford, “Scotland”
- Ted Hughes, “Pike”; “Fulbright Scholars”; “The Shot”
To romaner og ett skuespill
Følgende vil bli gjennomgått i 2004 II:
David Lodge: Changing Places,
A.S. Byatt: Possession,
Alan Ayckbourn: Absurd Person Singular,
Bakgrunnslitteratur
Liste over nyttig bakgrunnslitteratur kan fås ved henvendelse til faglærer.
Aviser og tidsskrifter
Studentene anbefales å lese minst én britisk dagsavis og ett tidsskrift pr. uke. For eksempel The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent; The New Statesman, The Spectator, The Economist.