Course summary

This innovative programme gives you the opportunity to explore your literary interests from the medieval period through to present day. Studying English Literature at postgraduate level opens up a whole host of vibrant and intellectually stimulating avenues to explore. Our unique programme draws on the wide-ranging research expertise of our staff in order to develop your critical and analytical skills in the field of literary and cultural studies. This programme will provide a solid grounding in the key intellectual debates within the scholarship surrounding a range of period and context specialisms, introduce you to the latest research in the field, and support your development of the skills required for writing a dissertation. English literary texts from the medieval period to present day are studied in and alongside their many different contexts – historical, social, political and/or material – and approached from a multitude of theoretical and methodological perspectives, enabling you to develop new and highly skilled ways of reading and interpreting a wide variety of cultural documents. You can also specialise in a particular pathway, including studying taught modules and writing your dissertation on a topic within the pathway area of specialism. Current pathways include:

• Medieval Literature pathway

• Long Nineteenth-Century Literature pathway

• Modern and Contemporary Literature pathway

• Popular Literature and Culture pathway