English Literature & Linguistics Society

Department of English, University of Science and Technology, Bannu

A platform for literature, language, creativity, critical thought, and intellectual exchange.

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Where Language Meets Literature

The English Literature & Linguistics Society (ELLS) was established to foster intellectual, creative, and cultural engagement with literature and linguistics. It gives students of the Department of English a platform to build academic knowledge, sharpen critical thinking, and pursue creative expression, through co-curricular activities and scholarly exchange.

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What We Do

Co-curricular activity organised around six core areas of engagement.

Literary Events

Readings, discussions, and celebrations of literature that bring the department together.
Creative Writing

Space and encouragement for students to write poetry, fiction, and personal essays.
Linguistic Activities

Hands-on sessions exploring language structure, sound, meaning, and use in society.
Reading Circles

Small, regular gatherings to read and discuss texts across genres and periods.
Workshops & Seminars

Practical sessions on academic writing, research, presentation, and language skills.
Publications

A dedicated outlet for student essays, poetry, criticism, and research writing.

Upcoming Events

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14 Oct

Poetry Evening: Voices in Verse

An open reading of original student poetry, followed by informal discussion.

Seminar Hall, Department of English

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22 Oct

Linguistics Roundtable: Language & Identity

A student-led discussion on how language shapes and reflects identity.

Room 204, Department of English

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05 Nov

Workshop: Foundations of Academic Writing

A practical session on structuring arguments and academic prose.

ELLS Common Room

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Student Voices

Ideas, stories, poems, essays, and perspectives from the students of the Department of English.

Essay

The Unspoken Grammar of Silence

Ayesha K., BS English

On the ways silence carries meaning in everyday conversation, and what linguistics can and cannot tell us about it.

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Poetry

Letters I Never Sent

Hamza R., BS English

A short sequence of poems about distance, memory, and the words that arrive too late.

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Reflection

On Translating Pashto Proverbs

Sana M., BS English

What is lost, and what is found, in carrying a proverb from one language into another.

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Literature

Poetry, fiction, criticism, literary movements, authors, and creative expression.

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Linguistics

Language structure, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics.

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The ELLS Literary Journal

ELLS provides a dedicated platform for student essays, poetry, creative writing, translations, research, and literary criticism — gathered together as a single, ongoing publication of the Department of English.

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