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English Literature BA (Hons)

UCAS code: Q200

Lose yourself in the pages of great works of literature. Explore other worlds and periods of time. Fuel your love of the written word in all its forms on this degree, from Victorian fiction, Renaissance drama and Romantic poetry to American fiction and crime novels.

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Overview

Course length:

3 years full-time

Start dates:

September 2027

Location:

Edge Hill University

Subject(s):

EnglishCreative Writing

Faculty:

Arts and Sciences

Department:

English and Creative Arts

Embrace your love of stories, myths and narratives. Our English literature degree spans admired works from classic to contemporary. We’ll cover a range of fascinating literary periods, genres and topics to give you a broad understanding of literary history.

Do you want to know more about the impact of literature on society? How did the author’s history influence their use of language? This course will boost your critical thinking and develop analysis skills.

We’ll teach you how to interpret and evaluate what you read. At the same time, we’ll ask you to apply these approaches to literary texts. With optional module choices you’ll dip into genres like Renaissance drama, children’s literature and Romanticism.

You’ll also have the opportunity to explore topics such as Conversation, Literacy or Gender from a range of engaging perspectives. By looking at these areas through linguistic, literary and creative writing lenses, you’ll uncover new layers of meaning and develop a richer understanding of how language works. You can also choose the perspective you want to focus on in your ECW assignments, allowing you to tailor your learning, follow your interests and build expertise in the areas that inspire you most. It’s an engaging way to develop your voice, strengthen your analytical skills and make your studies truly your own.

During this degree, you’ll develop the essential communication skills that employers are looking for. Unlock the potential for many fulfilling careers in publishing, journalism, the public and voluntary sectors and more.

Course features

International students can apply

Sandwich year option available

Studying abroad option available

The English department creates a supportive environment where you can express opinions and explore ideas without judgement. The sense of calm at Edge Hill University means I never feel lost or overwhelmed.

Dylan-Jay Monk

BA (Hons) English

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What you'll study

Teaching and assessment

Year 1 of this degree surveys 3,000 years of literary history. Our literature modules go through classic works and popular writing, diving into Greek mythologies, Victorian novels and modern comic books. You’ll develop your analytical abilities looking at poetry, prose and drama and reframe your approach to reading. We’ll teach you research skills that will set you up for the rest of the course and beyond.

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Writing 1- Character and Voice

Writing 1- Character and Voice introduces you to the art of writing by focusing on published pieces, specifically short prose, poems and dramatic script by concentrating on the analysis of literary texts. Through the close examination of set texts, you will be supported in developing skills in reading as a writer and writerly techniques of perception, language and effect. You are expected to read a range of prose, poetry and scripts with the aim of integrating reading as a writer into an ongoing practice of reflection on their own writing and its development. This module has a practical aspect, in which you will produce a short piece of prose, poetry or dramatic script. In order to do so, you will engage with a variety of techniques, forms and styles, illustrated by the close analysis of published literature. You will also develop the discipline of writing practice through the keeping of a writer's journal and by reflecting on their own progress.

Module code: ECW1000

Credits: 20 Assessment:

100% Coursework

Reading will introduce you to the key skills and approaches necessary to successfully engage with academic study in the twenty-first century, providing a foundation for the exploration of English at university level. You will be introduced to a range of influential key theories from the 20th and 21st centuries, and learn how to apply these to literary and linguistic texts and approaches. You will make practical applications of these approaches to the primary and secondary texts studied on the module, including in the wider context of decolonisation.

Module code: ECW1001

An introduction to working within Arts and Humanities

An introduction to working within Arts and Humanities seeks to develop your knowledge and understanding of concepts and issues within the context of arts and humanities and the creative industries. You will develop both your understanding of contemporary employability contexts and your research skills and will also gain insight into the practice of industry speakers through presentations and workshops. The module covers a wide range of specialisms, as arts and humanities professionals operate in an industry that is constantly changing and evolving. You will also be given the opportunity to engage with career planning, in accordance to your aspirations, skills and talents.

Module code: ECW1002

Listening

Listening enables you to gain a basic understanding and knowledge of the description and classification of speech sounds and the sound system of English through study of poetry and prosody. It will also allow you to focus on associated employability skills and gain knowledge and understanding of the ways in which phonetics are directly relevant to several fields, such as speech and language therapy, second language learning, education, literary stylistics, forensic phonetics and artificial intelligence.

Module code: ECW1004

Watching

Watching will introduce you to narrative storytelling on screen. It is designed to develop your ability to articulate informed, personal responses to visual narratives by equipping you with vocabulary and knowledge appropriate to this Level. The module emphasises the narrative and stylistic aspects of visual analysis in, for example, sequential art, film, television, and digital games, with particular attention paid to image and sound interpretation, academic vocabulary, and methods through which visual sequences can be analysed, including in the wider context of decolonisation.

Module code: LIT1006

New Venture Creation

New Venture Creation introduces you to business planning and the development stages in business start-up. You will organise and evaluate theoretical perspectives in a practical setting, informing your future learning processes and outcomes. A key element of the module is a review of entrepreneurial skills and small business development through theoretical concepts of enterprise, self-employment and small business management. This module creates an awareness of emergent business types and their markets, the factors behind small business start-ups, entry routes, funding, and barriers. A practical element includes foundational steps towards a business start-up project which will require you to demonstrate key skill areas such as the development stages of business planning, communication, negotiation, self-management, and problem solving. The combination of these aspects will enable you to critically engage in academic thinking and writing about enterprise, evaluate business ideas, choose one main idea, strategically conceptualise that idea, and prepare a business plan and pitch for how the idea could be brought successfully to market.

Module code: BUS1054

50% Coursework

50% Practical

Theorising

Theorising is based around the study of key theories and methodologies which have had a lasting impact on the disciplines of English and Creative Writing. It introduces you to significant ideas in contemporary criticism which shape scholarship in the twenty-first century. You will engage with some philosophical and some linguistic approaches which reflect changing ideas about the text and which will implement your understanding of these ideas in your interpretive, critical and analytical writing. You will enhance your existing key transferable skills of reading, writing and comprehension, verbal communication and presentation and listening and information retrieval through completing this module. You will acquire a wide range of subject-specific and transferable skills, including the ability to read and apply challenging, ambitious and complex ideas.

Module code: ECW1003

60% Practical

40% Coursework

Language 1

Language 1 is ideal if you want to learn a new language, or further develop your current language skills, as an integrated part of this degree. The module will be taught in an interactive, communicative manner, using authentic materials in the target language. Emphasis will be placed on all four areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening. You will play an active role in the classes, engaging in role-plays, short conversations, videos, authentic texts and listening materials. You will also be encouraged to reflect on your own learning needs. The module accommodates varying language levels and you will be divided into groups accordingly. On enrolment to the module, you will complete a language induction form and be placed into a language level group appropriate for your prior knowledge of the language. Please note, while we will endeavour to accommodate varying language levels per module, this is not always possible. While you can join the module with some prior experience of your target language, you will not be able to study a language you are already fluent or proficient in.

Module code: TLC1010

85% Coursework

15% Practical

We’ll explore specific periods and authors in Year 2. You’ll shape your degree by choosing the modules that support your interests. Choose from specific genres such as contemporary American literature or deepen your understanding of a single author. Design and develop your own ideas on an individual research project forming a mini dissertation and preparing you for your final year.

Romanticism

Romanticism provides an introduction to texts, authors, genres and central themes from the first stirrings of what has been traditionally conceived of as the Romantic age in the 1760s, until the dawn of the Victorian age seventy years later. Poetry, the prose essay and the novel are all studied on this module.

Module code: LIT2050

Special Author 1

Special Author 1 focuses on a single author (such as Hardy or Dickens) or a related group of authors (such as the Brontës) whose works are sufficiently extensive to merit a whole semester’s study. You will examine the author’s work in the light of recent critical and theoretical approaches to authorship and canonicity and develop an ability to theorise the relationship between an author and their literary work. You will acquire a specialist knowledge of a literary period and a major writer through examination of the author’s development in relation to relevant historical, cultural and literary contexts.

Module code: LIT2051

60% Coursework

40% Practical

Special Topic 1

Special Topic 1 enables you to begin to develop your independent research skills within a structure which provides a clear and continuing framework of support. The module will take you through weekly subject-based sessions to structured study of your chosen extended special subject research. You will have considerable choice of subject matter within three broad pathways which draw on current staff research specialisms. You will work towards producing a guided but independent research project, with specialist staff support.

Module code: LIT2059

American Literature

American Literature offers you an opportunity to study a range of significant American literature from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in its historical, social, cultural, political, critical, and theoretical contexts. Throughout the module, you will examine various ways in which America is imagined and constructed in literature and how persistent figures, landscapes, and mythic concepts are engrained in American culture and embedded in the wider world’s imagination. These ideas continue to hold imaginative power because they are repeatedly reinterpreted in literature, film and other forms of popular culture. Throughout the module, you will explore how these cultural productions evolve over time, tracing the historical influences, literary reworkings and shifting cultural debates that shape them.

Module code: LIT2119

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Entrepreneurship and Innovation explores characteristics, behaviours, attributes, and skills of entrepreneurship as well as the whole process of innovation from idea to product development and the conditions that must be fulfilled for innovation to thrive. The module explores research from a number of areas to highlight the importance of factors such as social and economic capital, local and regional infrastructure and the role of government in enabling (or disabling) innovation. You'll develop your entrepreneurial skills, identifying opportunities and developing ventures. On top of this, you'll consider the risk environment including legal issues, funding issues, start-up and growth strategies. This module provides you with the ability to act entrepreneurially to generate, develop and communicate ideas, manage and exploit intellectual property, gain support, and deliver successful outcomes.

Module code: BUS2229

Project Module

Project Module introduces you to various employability possibilities (commercial, trade and independent publishing), fields of contemporary literary production and the role(s) possible for working in the arts and humanities. The module offers you the opportunity to engage in professional practice via an independent (group) project (assessed through individual assignments) where you will negotiate the creation of a cultural artefact and/or cultural or arts and humanities service or take an unpaid internship, that you have organised, in a professional environment. All activities will be developed and encouraged via tutorials, lectures, seminars and workshops.

Module code: ECW2000

Working with Children

Working with Children offers an overview of British children’s literature alongside an overview of stages involved in child language development. It explores theoretical and methodological approaches to the history and representation of childhood in literature and describes how children learn first through listening and speaking, being read to by caregivers and how this leads to pre-literacy and later literacy skills. The module also introduces and examines theories relating to the topics of children’s literature and child language development, including literacy.

Module code: ECW2001

Understanding the context behind the words will help you form opinions and get involved in ongoing debates. You’ll compare and contrast key literary pieces to understand how styles change over time. Alongside this training you could hone your analytical skills with an individual research project or dissertation. Over the course of the year we’ll support your career development and get you ready for life after graduation.

Independent Literature Research Project

Independent Literature Research Project allows you to undertake an extended piece of research, on a topic of your own selection. Extended research is at the heart of English Literature as an academic subject, and, at this point in the academic programme this module provides you with an opportunity to deploy, independently, the skills and knowledge they have acquired in the first two years of the course.

Module code: LIT3015

Credits: 40 Assessment:

The Victorians at Work

The Victorians at Work recognises that Victorians saw literature as a form of social commentary. This period survey module explores Victorian prose and poetry that addressed the pressing social and cultural questions of the period, such as the impacts of industrialisation, urbanisation, scientific advance and secularisation. You will examine the work of a range of canonical and popular Victorian authors and place their writing in the relevant literary, cultural and historical contexts.

Module code: LIT3040

Modernisms

Modernisms develops your understanding and appreciation of the key features of early 20th century movements in the literary arts. Discover the writers who tried to breathe fresh life into literature for an altered fast-paced world. You will examine periodicals, short stories, fiction and poetry as new styles of writing designed to reflect the realities and hopes of a modern world.

Module code: LIT3042

Enterprise Management

Enterprise Management cultivates entrepreneurial skills, fostering innovation, creativity, and strategic thinking. It immerses you in real-world business contexts, promoting adaptability and resilience. Emphasising practical application you'll develop an understanding of the intricacies of entrepreneurship. You will refine your problem-solving and decision-making capabilities and explore theoretical frameworks with hands-on experiences. The module emphasises collaboration, communication, and risk management, equipping you with the skills and mindset needed for success in the ever-evolving landscape of entrepreneurship and enterprise.

Module code: BUS3079

Sexualities, Genders and Identities

Sexualities, Genders and Identities explores literary, linguistic and creative representations of same-sex desire and gender diversity, particularly those that challenge, disrupt or queer normative expectations, including in the wider context of decolonisation. Queer linguistic approaches, as well as those based on third-wave feminism, allow you to critique earlier linguistic analysis of language and gender which are based on hegemonic, dichotomous gender ideologies. The module will place a range of text types, such as transcripts of spoken language, historical and contemporary novels and autobiographical writings in their social and political contexts to examine the changes and continuities in queer textual representation across time and place. The language used to describe queer lives and experiences, both within the set texts and beyond them, will form an integral part of this module. You will have the opportunity to respond critically and creatively to these texts, using relevant literary, cultural and linguistic theories to inform their interpretations.

Module code: ECW3000

Greening

Greening will explore recent ecocritical approaches to literature, exploring how writing both represents and reimagines the environment. The module begins with Romantic representations of nature and its connection to human creativity. It then examines literary responses to the environmental impact of imperialism and colonialism in the Victorian period as well as twentieth-century engagements with climate change, and contemporary imaginings of ecological collapse and its aftermath. The module engages you in thinking about the impact of literary representation on significant global challenges such as biodiversity loss, climate change, and sustainability.

Module code: LIT3018

How you'll study

Teaching and learning includes lectures and seminars, workshops, group activities, independent research and our online Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). As well as module and seminar tutors, we offer both personal tutors and year tutors who support you through your studies. The work undertaken on research projects underpins teaching throughout the department and ensures you are at the forefront of developments in your subject.

How you'll be assessed

Emphasis is placed on work produced in your own time or formally presented in class. Typically, you can expect to be assessed on essays, short analyses, reports and close readings, oral presentations, blogs and group work.

In your final year you may choose to write a dissertation on a specialised literary theme, which you will research independently, with one-to-one support from an expert supervisor.

Who will be teaching you

We have a dedicated and enthusiastic team of English Literature tutors who also contribute to Masters programmes and the supervision of research students. Our staff are active in research in all taught subject areas, publishing books and articles on a regular basis. Several have been successful in winning national research awards from bodies such as the British Academy. The work undertaken on research projects underpins teaching throughout the department and ensures you are at the vanguard of developments in your subject.

Timetables for your first week are normally available at the end of August prior to enrolment in September. You can expect to receive your timetable for the rest of the academic year during your first week. Please note that while we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week. Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities.

Where your course includes optional modules, these are to provide an element of choice within the course curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements. Some restrictions on optional module choice or combinations of optional modules may apply.

Entry criteria

Typical offer 112-120 UCAS Tariff points. No specific subjects are required.

Example offers

Qualification

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UCAS Tariff points

112-120 points.

BTEC Extended Diploma (or combination of BTEC QCF qualifications)

Distinction, Merit, Merit (DMM).

Overall grade of Merit.

International Baccalaureate (IB)

We are happy to accept IB qualifications which achieve the required number of UCAS Tariff points.

Access to Higher Education Diploma

45 credits at Level 3, for example 15 credits at Distinction and 30 credits at Merit or 24 credits at Distinction and 21 credits at Merit. The required total can be attained from various credit combinations.

Please note, the above examples may differ from actual offers made. A combination of A Level and BTEC awards may also be accepted.

If you have a minimum of two A Levels (or equivalent), there is no maximum number of qualifications that we will accept UCAS points from. This includes additional qualifications such as Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), AS Levels that haven't been continued to A Level, and General Studies AS or A Level awards.

English language requirements

International students require IELTS 6.0, with a score no lower than 5.5 in each individual component, or an equivalent English language qualification.

Fair Entry Criteria

Our new Fair Entry Criteria is a Contextual Admissions Policy that takes an applicant’s personal and educational background into account. This policy will allow eligible applicants to receive up to a two-grade reduction in their entry requirements for this course. Find out more and see if you qualify.

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The £17 million Creative Edge building features a lecture theatre, seminar rooms, IT facilities and smaller tutorial spaces. It has everything you need to become a capable, versatile, creative writer and thinker. Creative Edge’s social learning spaces are ideal for passionate discussion with like-minded creatives.

You’ll develop the practical skills, analytical tools and confidence for wherever your creative flair and insight takes you.

Tuition fees

UK Full-Time

For the academic year 2027/28, the UK Full-Time tuition fee is currently set to £10,050. Please note this is subject to Parliamentary approval and is likely to be increased in line with inflation (RPIX). There may be further inflationary increases in your subsequent years of study. Further details can be found at ehu.ac.uk/fees.

EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, as well as Irish nationals, may be eligible for the UK tuition fee rate.

Financial support

Subject to eligibility, UK students joining this course can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan from the Government to cover the full cost of tuition fees. UK students enrolling on the course may also be eligible to apply for additional funding to help with living costs.

Scholarships

We offer a range of scholarships, which celebrate the determination, commitment and achievement of our students. Many of our scholarships are awarded automatically. There are some however, where you will need to be involved in an application or nomination process. To find out more about our scholarships and check your eligibility, please visit our dedicated scholarships pages.

Money Matters

Please view the relevant Money Matters guide for comprehensive information about the financial support available to eligible UK students.

EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme may be eligible to apply for financial support. Irish nationals can ordinarily apply to Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI).

If you are an EU student who does not have settled or pre-settled status, or are an international student from a non-EU country, please see our international student finance pages.

For the academic year 2026/27 the UK Full-Time tuition fee is currently set to £9,790. Please note this is subject to Parliamentary approval and is likely to be increased in line with inflation (RPIX). There may be further inflationary increases in your subsequent years of study. Further details can be found at ehu.ac.uk/fees.

Your future career

This English literature degree helps you find your feet in many interesting industries. You’ll have the communication and analytical skills that can be applied, with or without extra training, to sectors such as:

publishing

journalism

library and archival work

heritage and museums

managerial work

teaching*

speech therapy*

*further training required

Some of our graduates go on to further their studies or research to specialise in a particular area or pursue an academic career. Previous English department graduates have secured fantastic roles such as:

Senior production editor

Communications assistant

Whole school literacy coordinator

Talent coordinator

Our students develop their communication skills and become refined critical thinkers. This course is a great foundation for a diverse range of careers and industries that require strong written and verbal communication.

Course changes

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information, however our courses are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may necessitate alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses.

Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of professional bodies, revisions to subject benchmarks statements, 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.

Track changes to this course

Module changes - 3 December 2025

LIT2119 American Literature added.

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