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Undergraduate English Literature Modules

English Literature is a wide-ranging and evolving subject - new approaches to traditional texts and new areas of study are continually revitalizing the discipline. At Lancaster you study a substantial number of authors and texts from different periods and areas of literary history.

At the heart of the subject lies a rigorous and imaginative engagement with literary texts. You develop close reading skills that increase your appreciation and understanding of the creative powers of language and literary forms. You also learn about the many contexts (for example, historical, geographical, social, political, stylistic, ethnic, sexual) in which literary texts are produced and read. This allows you to reflect on the active role played by literature both historically and in contemporary society, and to acquire an enhanced sensitivity to cultures and ideas different from your own.

The degree programme requires and fosters open-mindedness and intellectual curiosity, and stimulates the capacity to respond creatively and innovatively to new challenges. Our desire is that, beyond the period of your formal studies, you will retain an enthusiasm for literature and a sense of its past and present importance in society.

Year 1 Module

Year 2 Modules

  • ENGL 201: The Theory and Practice of Criticism
  • ENGL 201: (Practical) Close Reading Skills
  • ENGL 202: Renaissance to Restoration: English Literature 1580-1688
  • ENGL 203: Victorian Literature
  • ENGL 204: American Literature to 1900
  • ENGL 207: British Romanticism

Year 3 Modules

Year 3 Specialist Half-Unit Modules

  • ENGL 365: Science Fiction
  • ENGL 373: Early Modern Outlaws on Land and Sea
  • ENGL 376: Schools Volunteering Module
  • ENGL 378: Children in Horror Fiction and Film
  • ENGL 384: Women And Poetry In America, 1960 To The Present

Year 3 Half-Unit Modules in Department of European Languages and Cultures

  • DELC 342: The Search For Identity In European Modernism (Term 1)
  • DELC 343 : Writing In The Margins: Narrating Cross-Cultural Experience (Term 2)

 

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