The programme connects women�s writing with women�s spirituality, offering a number of critical, theoretical and theological routes into discussing the place of spirituality in female experience; it explores this territory from the perspective of women�s spiritual engagement, and also looks at the tradition of women�s writing in discourses such as letters, journals, poems, exemplary biography and devotional treatises; it offers the opportunity to study a wide range of literary material, from medieval times to the present day, alongside relevant feminist theory on literature and religion; each taught module has a specific focus, reflecting different aspects of the course�s remit and the interests and expertise of the staff concerned; students are encouraged to develop their own particular areas of interest within the scope of the programme in individual module essays and in the final dissertation.