Course summary
This pathway of the MA in Literary Studies aims to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the literature of nineteenth-century Britain and its relationship to a wide variety of cultural, intellectual, geographic and historical contexts. Why study the MA Literary Studies: Romantic and Victorian Literature pathway at Goldsmiths
- You will compare texts which are closely connected yet often taught as the products of two distinct periods; you’ll see how genres and themes develop and explore relationships between authors and texts.
- You’ll study literary elegies and the afterlife of Romanticism; Wordsworth’s influence on the fiction of Eliot and Hardy; connections between the conversation poem and the dramatic monologue; London in literature; what Gothic and sensation novels tell us about the anxieties of the period.
- We’ll help you understand the impact of cultural, intellectual, and historical contexts: the reception of classical antiquity; the emergence of realism; radicalism and the French Revolution; Orientalism; urban Romanticism and Decadence.
- Our flexible pathway system enables you to focus on Romantic and Victorian literature and culture, with a related option module in European Decadence and the Visual Arts which will introduce you to the work of the Decadence Research Centre.
- You can also choose modules in other areas of literary studies, such as American literature, Caribbean writing, modern and contemporary literature, comparative literature or critical theory.
- You'll be able to further develop your interest in Romantic and Victorian literature and culture through a 15,000-word dissertation to be submitted at the end of your programme of study.
Modules
Compulsory module: Nineteenth-Century Literature: Romanticisms 30 credits You also take three options from the selection below, in addition to the compulsory module and dissertation. Introduction to Modern and Contemporary American Literature and Culture 30 credits Literature in the World: Encounters, Comparison, Reception 30 credits Modern and Contemporary Literary Movements 30 credits Theories of Literature & Culture 30 credits Historicising the Field of Black British Writing: From the Romans to the Present 30 credits American Science Fiction: 1950 Onwards 30 credits The Contemporary American Novel in the Era of Climate Change 30 credits Contemporary Indigenous Literatures: Place, Politics and Identity 30 credits Interculturality, Text, Poetics 30 credits Modern and Contemporary Women's Writing: 1920s To Present 30 credits Genre and Aesthetics: Contemporary Black British Writing 30 credits Postmodern Fiction 30 credits Literature and Philosophy 30 credits European Decadence and the Visual Arts 30 credits Literature of the Caribbean & its Diasporas 30 credits You can also choose options from a range of Linguistics and Translation modules. Discourse and Identity in Spoken Interaction 30 credits Thinking Translation: Introduction to Translation Theory 30 credits Decolonising English Language Teaching 30 credits Language in its Sociocultural Context 30 credits Intercultural Discourse & Communication 30 credits Core Issues in English Language & Linguistics 30 credits English in a Multilingual World 30 credits Language & Ideology in Written Discourse 30 credits *Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.
Entry requirements
You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least upper second class standard in a relevant/related subject or equivalent. You might also be considered if you aren’t a graduate or your degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate level. If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 7.0 with a 7.0 in writing and no element lower than 6.5 to study this programme.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Additional fee information
Unless otherwise stated the annual fee for part-time students is half the full time fee quoted.
Provider information
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
Lewisham
SE14 6NW