Course summary
Our MA English Literature offers opportunities to deepen your passion for literatures in English through research-led modules that engage and push the boundaries of new and emerging disciplinary frameworks and debates. Supported by an academic team of research specialists, it creates a space for you to advance your academic and communication talents and further your professional prospects. We offer a close and mutually supportive learning community that recognises and responds to your distinctive learning needs and interests through seven student-centred flexible and vibrant modules that engages you with the latest literary debates. You will explore a stimulating range of genres, approaches, authors, and themes. Our innovative modes of assessment are designed to develop your interests: you will choose texts, writers, genres, theories, themes, and literary periods on which to focus independently. Please note: This course is only available to study part time.
Modules
Modules may include: Theorising literature: Critical frameworks; literature in time: The literature and culture of the 1980's; framing genre: The Bildungsroman; the dark side of literature: The gothic and death; author in focus: Tennyson's legacy and a family's archive; thematic threads: Paper houses in contemporary women's writing.
Assessment method
Teaching will be based on independent research tasks feeding into regular small group seminar sessions. Through a combination of expert commentary and critical discussion, students will acquire the skills and frameworks required for a range of oral, written and research-oriented assessments. These literary assessments will develop advanced communication and presentation skills for a multiplicity of professional futures.
Entry requirements
You would normally be expected to have, or predicted to have, at least a 2.2 Honours degree in English Literature or a related discipline. If you hold another degree at a 2.2 or above, depending upon the content, you will be asked to demonstrate sufficient subject knowledge relating to the programme content. This would be assessed at interview and application.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| Channel Islands | £1445 | Module |
| Republic of Ireland | £1445 | Module |
| England | £1445 | Module |
| Northern Ireland | £1445 | Module |
| Scotland | £1445 | Module |
| Wales | £1445 | Module |
| EU | £1445 | Module |
| International | £1445 | Module |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Part-time Tuition Fee
Per 30 credit module
Provider information
Lincoln Bishop University
Lincoln
LN1 3DY