Course summary
The MA in English Literary Studies offers several different pathways each specialising in a period or area of study, and enabling students to craft a degree that suits them:
- English Literary Studies which allows study across a range of periods and subjects
- Early Modern Literature including Shakespeare and the Renaissance
- Romantic and Victorian Literature
- Modern and Contemporary Literary Studies including Film and Media
- Literary and Cultural Studies which is taught with the Department of Sociology and explores contemporary debates in cultural theory
Modules
Core modules may include: Research methodology and reflective practice in English literature 2; research methodology and reflective practice in English literature 1. Possible optional modules: MA pathway special subject; contemporary British fiction; post humanism: literature after the human; contemporary gothic: text and screen; Victorian literature and other media; romance and realism; writing the nineteenth century city; premodern bodies; emotional geographies in early modern literature; contemporary American fiction; on location in the lakes; postcolonial women's writing; Victorian extremes: the coming of modernity; 19th century literature and technology; literature and film; rewriting the Victorians; the Byron-Shelley circle; subcultural fictions; reading adventure stories; fusions; romantic and Victorian epic: exploring four great poems; modernisms; visionaries or madmen?; science and literature in the romantic period; romanticism on location: writing in the lake district and the alps; nineteenth century literature: place - space – text.
Assessment method
Assessment methods include coursework, dissertation and research methodology portfolio.
Entry requirements
2:1 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in English literature or related subject, for example literature in other languages. As part of your application you also need to provide a sample of your academic writing about literature. We may ask you to provide a recognised English language qualification, dependent upon your nationality and where you have studied previously. We normally require an IELTS (Academic) Test with an overall score of at least 7.0, and a minimum of 6.5 in each element of the test. We also consider other English language qualifications.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
For information about fees and funding please visit our website:
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/postgraduate-courses/
Provider information
Lancaster University
Bailrigg
Lancaster
LA1 4YW