On our English Language and Literature course you’ll explore and analyse a range of texts and literary techniques – from classics of English Literature to popular media such as films and adverts.
You get to ‘design your own course’ based on your interests. With our optional modules, you get the choice of studying an array of genres - including American literature, science fiction, graphic novels and fairy tales. Take your pick!
You can also explore a wide range of literary styles and techniques – from semantics and pragmatics to stylistics, gender and language, education and language, and corpus linguistics. The choice is yours.
Why study with us
- English courses at the University of Central Lancashire are ranked top 20 in the UK and 2nd in the North West for overall student satisfaction (CUG, 2022).
- Literature in English and English Language at the University of Central Lancashire are ranked in the top 10 in the UK for overall student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2021)
- English Language courses at the University of Central Lancashire are ranked 3rd in the UK for organisation and management with 90% agreeing (NSS, 2022).
What you'll do
- We offer field trips to museums, archives and theatres – from the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon to Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage in the Lake District.
- You can tailor your study programme to suit your own interests and career aspirations through a variety of optional modules.
- This is the ideal course if you’re interested in teaching English at secondary school level, where it’s vital that you can demonstrate your knowledge of both language and literature.
Module overview
Year 1Compulsory modules
• EN1215: Reading Texts: Literary Theory
• EN1217: Introduction to Renaissance Literature
• LG1106: Meaning in Interaction
• LG1200: ELSIE (English Language Studies Initiative for Employability)
• LG1222: Sounds and Structures of English
Optional modules
• LG1103: Language Variation in Society
• LG1105: Language, Gender and Identity
Year 2
Compulsory modules
• EN2006: A World of Difference Literature in Translation
• EN2129: From Romantics to Decadents: Literary Culture 1789- 1900
• LG2118: Language and Literature
• LG2200: Academic Writing and Graduate Development Optional modules
• EN2005: American Texts
• EN2012: Reading and Writing Fairy Tales
• EN2027: Live Literature Project
• EN2406: The Graphic Novel
• EN2906: CSI: Literature
• LG2103: Sociolinguistics
• LG2112: Framing the News
• LG2117: Language, Mind and Brain
• LG2119: Metaphor and Meaning
• LG2206: History of English
• LG2220: English Accents and Dialects
• LG2223: Approaches to Syntax
Year 3
Compulsory modules
• EN3005: The Shock of the New: Modern & Contemporary Literature
• EN3992: English Literature Dissertation
• LG3992: English Language & Linguistics dissertation
Optional modules
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CW3905: Otherworlds: Reading and Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
• EN3008: Black Atlantic Writing
• EN3013: British Children's Literature
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EN3028: Literature into Film
• EN3036: Shakespeare, Text and Performance
• EN3037: The Gothic in Literature, Visual Culture and Film
• LG3112: Language and Power
• LG3113: Forensic Linguistics
• LG3117: Clinical Linguistics and Language Pathology
• LG3120: Graduate Career Planning
• LG3220: English Phonology
• LG3222: English Syntax
• LG3224: World Grammars: contrastive linguistics
• LG3225: Discourse, Argumentation, Rhetoric
• LG3236: English in Education
Course delivery
This course is taught face-to-face at one of our UK campuses.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
Future Careers
Graduates from our English Language and Literature course have gone on to enjoy a wide variety of successful careers in law, teaching, journalism, publishing, arts administration, theatre, advertising, manufacturing and finance.
A degree in English Language and Literature opens doors to a wide range of exciting careers. Many of our graduates have gone on to work in journalism, heritage and the creative industries. Others have joined professional and graduate training programmes leading to careers in education, local government, public services, law and the retail industry.
If you’re interested in a career in education then you have the option of further study, working towards a teaching qualification, from a PGCE to TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).
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