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The MA English and Literary Media program at Bournemouth University is designed for students who want to advance their understanding of literature, media, and culture. The course will provide you with the opportunity to explore a wide range of topics, including creative writing, literary criticism, and media studies. You'll have the chance to develop your skills in critical thinking, research, and analysis, as well as gain practical experience in writing and editing. With our experienced teaching staff and state-of-the-art facilities, you'll be able to reach your full potential and pursue a successful career in the field of English and literary media.
Our program is unique because it offers a flexible and interdisciplinary approach to the study of literature and media. You'll have the opportunity to specialize in areas such as creative writing, media theory, or cultural studies, while also developing your skills in research and analysis. Our faculty members are experts in their fields and will provide you with individualized attention and mentorship throughout your program. In addition, our location on the south coast of England provides a unique setting for the study of literature and media, with easy access to London and other cultural hubs.
Bournemouth University is the perfect choice for students who want to pursue an MA in English and Literary Media because of our strong reputation for teaching and research excellence. Our faculty members are actively engaged in research projects that inform their teaching, ensuring that you receive cutting-edge knowledge and skills. Additionally, our location on the south coast of England provides a unique setting for the study of literature and media, with easy access to London and other cultural hubs. You'll also have the opportunity to network with industry professionals and gain practical experience through internships or work placements.
Learn to critically evaluate a variety of texts drawn from film, television, the internet, literature, and popular culture, relating those texts to the broader fields
Explore how contemporary and historical texts have adapted for different mediums and how paratext and extra-textual materials contribute to audience expectations and experiences
Explore definitions of free speech, freedom of expression, censorship, and public interest in the context of public cultural controversies
Develop the skills to think rigorously, critically, analytically, and imaginatively, applying knowledge to practical situations
Learn from leading national and international scholars in the fields of modern and contemporary literature, media studies, cultural studies, and new media writing
Engage with BU’s international writing competitions: The Bournemouth Writing Prize for emerging voices and the New Media Writing Prize for stories integrating a variety of formats.
The standard requirements for embarking upon a postgraduate taught degree are:
A bachelor's Honours degree with 2:2 or equivalent in any subject.
20 hours per week
Narrating Identities: Self, Text & the World: This unit aims to provide you with sophisticated knowledge and understanding of cultural and critical influences on a range of texts and literary media, exploring how literary, philosophical, and aesthetic movements have been used to define, construct and represent the self across the 20th and 21st centuries.
Markets & Audiences: A sociological approach to studying the cultural industries and their audiences, exploring marketing and promotion of cultural texts. You'll consider how para texts and extra-textual materials contribute to audience expectations and experiences and how they reflect cultural and political differences.
Interactive Storytelling: Investigate and understand the art of storytelling in digital-interactive media. Starting with a brief pre-history, this unit will come to grips with contemporary traits thrown up at the intersection between digitalization and interactivity. There will be a rigorous scholarly framework for your existing digital literacy, and you'll have space to reflect on and improve your competence with interactive digital media.
Publishing Cultures and Materialities: From the eras of Cuneiform to Kindle, you'll study public writing as material objects with an economy, history, and culture. Publishing, as we've known it stems from a specific iteration of those conditions and is now shifting into online news. To take advantage of this development's opportunities and challenges, you'll look at fiction from this material sociological perspective.
Culture & Controversy: You'll explore definitions of free speech, freedom of expression, censorship, and public interest in the context of public cultural controversies. For example, D.H Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' might be studied as a literary text. At the same time, you'll also learn the historical context of attempts to censor and suppress the novel and debates over that suppression in the print and broadcast media.
You are mediating the Nation: The relationship between cultural production and contemporary Britain's changing historical and political contexts. More specifically, you'll consider cultural constructions of Britain, Britons, and Britishness. You'll analyze a range of literary and artistic forms and explore how these things have been historically constructed and legitimized through culture. This unit will also look at how two historical developments have significantly impacted how British ness has been culturally made: the transition from imperialism and political devolution across the United Kingdom.
Dissertation (academic) OR Major Project (creative): An opportunity to develop and show your critical, analytical, and research skills by completing significant scholarly or creative work. You'll finish your studies and work with a degree of independence not previously experienced in your coursework, focusing on topics that interest you the most. You'll hone your strengths and establish curiosity to take with you into future careers.
You can undertake a minimum four-week placement during the course, allowing you to apply your acquired knowledge and skills in the workplace. You are required to find your order; however, our Careers & Employability Service and your faculty placements office are on hand to support you.
IELTS (Academic) 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in writing and 5.5 in speaking, listening, and reading, or equivalent.
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