The English literature part of the programme will look at areas such as narrative, fiction and the novel, Victorian literature and literary and cultural theory, while offering options on Dickens, the female gothic and contemporary poetry. In addition, you will study film-related areas including the history of cinema, the development of film studies, film as part of our culture and film as one of today’s major entertainment industries.
It will also offer the opportunity to study work-related areas such as film distribution and exhibition and film journalism.
Year One
In year 1, through a series of core modules, you will be introduced to the field of literary and cultural theory and literary narrative in relation to fiction and the novel. Alongside this you will study the history of cinema from its origins to the present day. You will also examine a range of critical approaches to film as well as investigating the world’s most powerful film industry: Hollywood.
Semester 1
Critical Approaches to Film
Film Form, Film Meaning
Narrative, Fiction and the Novel
Semester 2
Classical Hollywood Cinema
Popular Fictions
Theory into Practice
Year Two
During the first part of your second year you will extend your basic knowledge and understanding of literature and cinema through core modules that focus on areas such as the Romantic period, British cinema and contemporary Hollywood. Following on from these, you will begin to focus your studies on the areas you find most interesting by taking a number of module options that reflect the expertise of Salford’s teaching staff.
Semester 1
British Cinema
Contemporary American Cinema
The Romantic Period
Semester 2
Victorian Literature
Choose from one English and one Film module from the following:
Film Options
Comedy and British Cinema
Film Journalism
Genre and Beyond
Cinema and Psychoanalysis
English Options
Creative Writing
Dickens
Female Gothic
Utopias and Dystopias
Year Three
The final year of the programme offers a range of options from which you can choose to specialise. Film options are completed in the first semester, while the second semester focuses on English
Semester One
Choose three modules from the following:
Regional Filmmaking
Film Distribution and Exhibition
British Television Drama
Film and Theory
Semester 2
Choose three modules from the following:
Twentieth Century British Working Class Novel
Twenty First Century Women’s Fiction
Women Behaving Badly
Writing Ireland
Representing the Holocaust
