Course summary
This pathway of the MA in Literary Studies will centre on the study of the theory and practice of comparative literature and world literature. Why study the MA Literary Studies: World Literature and Comparative Criticism pathway
- Discuss the history, main concepts, and debates on world literature and comparative literary criticism while analysing a wide range of texts from different periods and media, and from diverse cultural, geographic, and linguistic backgrounds.
- Pursue your wider interests thanks to a flexible structure by studying three options from the varied and unique provision of the department. At least one of these options must be in an area that is directly relevant to comparative and world literary studies. Options range across American, Black British, Caribbean, contemporary, modern, postcolonial, Romantic and Victorian literature, literary and critical theory, linguistics and translation studies.
- Further develop your knowledge and expertise through a 15,000-word world literature and comparative criticism dissertation on a topic of your choice, agreed upon with a tutor and developed under supervision.
- Benefit from the excellent Centre for Comparative Literature, of which you can become a member.
Modules
What you'll study Literature in the World: Encounters, Comparison, Reception 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 Nineteenth-Century Literature: Romanticisms 30 credits Modern and Contemporary Literary Movements 30 credits Literature of the Caribbean & its Diasporas 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 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. Although the ability to read in another language will be useful, it is not compulsory. All texts will be studied in English, in English translation, or with English subtitles. 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
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Provider information
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
Lewisham
SE14 6NW