Our Vision
Literary study at Lancaster is constantly opening on to other times and other worlds.
Literary study at Lancaster is constantly opening on to other times and other worlds.
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
If you are Single Honours English Literature then, in Year One, 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).
If you are coming to study English Literature and OR with Creative Writing then, in Year One, you are 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).
This area of study is usually supported by a number of open seminars we hold at Lancaster’s spectacular medieval castle.
This area of study is usually supported by our annual Study Day at Wordsworth Grasmere, exploring Dove Cottage, the Wordsworth Museum, and the archive-rich Jerwood Centre.
This area of study is supported by the University’s Peter Scott Gallery and, in Creative Writing, by our Writing Games module. LINK to CW at Lancaster
This area of study is supported by our involvement in The Dukes Theatre’s annual “Dark Dukes” week at the end of October. LINK https://scan.lancastersu.co.uk/2022/10/28/dark-dukes-a-celebration-of-horror/
This area of study is usually supported by our annual Open Theology Seminar at the Castle and our annual Literature and Religion Lecture given at Lancaster's ancient Priory.
This area of study is supported by our expertise not only in English Literature but also the literatures of France, Germany, Spain, Egypt, Palestine, Ancient Rome and Greece, etc.
This area of study is usually supported by a full-scale student-led summer Shakespeare performance at the Castle – LINK to Page to Stage https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/english-literature-and-creative-writing/literary-lancaster/page-to-stage
Our students go on to many and varied futures. LINK https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/english-literature-and-creative-writing/undergraduate/student-futures
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.