ENGLISH LITERATURE at University of Salford

As technology continues to make the written word available in increasingly diverse formats to ever-wider audiences, those people with the skills to reach informed judgments about literature--from novels to haikus--are well-placed to participate in the global economy. This course offers you the opportunity to study English Literature in considerable depth and breadth, including a wide range of texts and genres ranging from Elizabethan and Jacobean drama to Irish literature and contemporary poetry.

In your modules, you will learn to analyse and criticise prose, poetry, and plays, which will prepare you to work independently on research in your areas of interest. In addition to the range of literature-based options, you will also have the opportunity to choose modules that both complement your study and range further afield in the areas of languages, film adaptation, and creative writing.

This course is just one of our English and Creative Writing programmes, which have risen ten places in the 2020 Guardian university league tables. What's more, 94% of students said that staff are good at explaining things (University of Salford analysis of unpublished NSS 2019 data).

You will:

• Learn from internationally-renowned researchers who are also committed and enthusiastic teachers
• Learn to analyse, criticise and construct arguments about various forms of writing, from narrative fiction to modern drama
• Gain valuable skills and knowledge in in demand areas such as teaching, media, publishing, marketing, administration, and the civil service