Our Vision

Literary study at Lancaster is constantly opening on to other times and other worlds.

 

Tab Content: Year One

In year one, all students take three modules, and we offer four.

• Literature in Time: Continuity and Change
• Literature, Place and Space
• World Literature
• Introduction to Creative Writing

Tab Content: English Literature

If you are Single Honours English Literature then you are required to take Literature in Time, and if you want to max out on literature then you can also take Literature, Place and Space and World Literature. However, if you want to mix things up you could take Introduction to Creative Writing and/or one or two modules from outside of the Department in, say, History, Philosophy, English Language, International Relations, Sociology, Film Studies, or Languages: Chinese, French, Italian, German, or Spanish (Beginner or Advanced).

Tab Content: English Lit & Creative Writing

If you are coming to study English Literature and OR with Creative Writing then you required to take Literature in Time and Introduction to Creative Writing. You could then add Literature, Place and Space or World Literature; however, if you want to mix things up you could take one module from outside of the Department in, say, History, Philosophy, English Language, International Relations, Sociology, Film Studies, or Languages: Chinese, French, Italian, German, or Spanish (Beginner or Advanced).

Our Vision in Creative Writing

Explore our vision of creative writing

Our Vision in English Literature

Within English Literature some of our modules are related to historical period – these include:

Within English Literature some of our modules are related to historical period – these include: Accordion

We also offer a range of modules where the study of literature opens up to other worlds

We also offer a range of modules where the study of literature opens up to other worlds Accordion

And finally, in year three, you can explore or devise your own world of study writing your Dissertation.

This is a year-long project in which you research and write about almost any area of literary study that is of particular interest to you. In recent years students have chosen topics as varied as:German philosophy, Japanese fiction, French modernism, Irish fiction, classical myth (Roman and Greek), Welsh poetry, psychology, art, editing, Spanish Civil War, Islam, war, and video game.