English Literature MA

This programme draws on the extensive international research expertise of the English Department. It develops your critical skills in the field of English literary studies, provides a solid grounding in the key intellectual debates on a range of period and context specialisms, and develops skills required for writing a dissertation. You will study one core module, Literary Research Methods, and you will also choose two sets of linked modules (four modules in total) from a number of modules covering a variety of authors and themes from the medieval period to the 20th century. Each module is assessed by a 4,000-word essay. The modules are: Topics in Medieval Texts, Cultures and Societies, and Medieval Studies Research: Theories and Practices Two modules chosen from the MA in Shakespeare Studies Writing Revolutions: Politics, Publics and Professionalism in Literary Culture, 1500?1700 and 1700?1832 Victorian Modernity, and Modernism Contemporary Literary Cultures: Politics Contemporary Literary Cultures: Performance Film, Theory, Politics (Semester 1) Narrative Analysis in Fiction and Film (Semester 2) You will also complete a 12,000 word dissertation.

This programme draws on the extensive international research expertise of the English Department. It develops your critical skills in the field of English literary studies, provides a solid grounding in the key intellectual debates on a range of period and context specialisms, and develops skills required for writing a dissertation. You will study one core module, Literary Research Methods, and you will also choose two sets of linked modules (four modules in total) from a number of modules...