MA in English Language and Literature

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MA in English Language and Literature

• Department of Humanities
• Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

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An alternative and innovative MA

• which combines
• Linguistics and Literature
• research/subject knowledge
• AND
• The real world
• society and the workplace

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English Language

• The British workplace
• Effective workplace communication
• Sociolinguistics
• Gender, power, politeness, culture, identity
• Critical Discourse Analysis
• Variety of communication media e.g. email

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Literature

• Traditions of English Literatures
• Heritage sites
• British Literature in its socio-cultural context

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Employability

• Language Awareness
• Mentoring schemes / work placements
• Projects
• General employability skills

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CETH
will help you become Enterprising
Entrepreneurial Employable
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Humanities

• Excellence in Teaching and Research
• - Internationally renowned teaching staff
• - Active research
• - Research Unit for the Study of English Language
• - British Shakespeare Association

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• For more information
• Theresa Saxon
• tsaxon_at_uclan.ac.uk
• Katerina Finnis
• kafinnis_at_uclan.ac.uk