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MA English Literature

Keele University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Throughout your studies you will: -follow a full research training program leading to the completion of an original dissertation in a topic of your choosing; -take core modules designed to deepen your understanding of methodologies appropriate to the study of literature from the Renaissance to the present; -choose an optional module from a variety of disciplines, including English or American Literature, Creative Writing or Film, or you can choose -to take a Work Placement module; -work with a research-active supervisor to develop and pursue your dissertation, and participate in the academic life of the School of Humanities more generally; -receive pastoral support from a personal tutor and Programme Director; -receive support if applying for Ph.D. study at Keele University of further afield.

General Eligibility

This degree is designed for those individuals with a first or upper second-class honors degree (or international equivalent) in English/English Studies/English Literature (single or combined honors). Applicants with other qualifications or experience are considered on a case-by-case basis by the Programme Director.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Core Taught Modules
  • Research Skills in the Humanities (15 credits), Semester 1

  • Reflective Practice in the Humanities (15 credits), Semester 2

  • Criticism, Analysis, Theory in Literary Studies (30 credits), Semester 1

  • Canon, Anti-Canon, Context (30 credits) Semesters 1-2

  • Dissertation – English (60 credits), Semesters 1, 2 & 3

2 Optional Modules
  • Sex, Scandal, and Society: Eighteenth-Century Writing and Culture

  • The Alcohol Question: Advanced Studies in the Literature of Drink and Drinking Culture

  • Life Writing (30 credits)

  • High Culture: Drink, Drugs and the American Dream

  • Violence and Death: Advanced Studies in Shakespeare’s Theatre

  • Postcolonial and World Literature in English

  • Work Placement for Humanities Postgraduates

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.5
  • TOEFL93
  • PTE65
  • Duolingo89
IELTS 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in each component.

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