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English: Literature, Culture and Theory at University of Sussex - UCAS

University of Sussex

Degree level: Postgraduate

English: Literature, Culture and Theory (Taught)

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2023 - 20242024 - 2025
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Course summary

Combine specialist study, theoretical inquiry and interdisciplinary investigations to explore literature, culture and history. On this course, you’ll have the opportunity to pursue innovative work as you shape your course to your particular interests. This can include a focus on a specific period or concept, or engaging with ideas across a wide historical range. Our faculty research expertise spans the medieval to the modern and contemporary periods.The diverse research interests in the Department of English mean that you’ve got expert support in the topics you choose to focus on. Our particular strengths lie in:

  • querying the materiality and the body
  • ecology and political economy
  • philosophical approaches to literature
  • decolonisation and radical politics
  • novel theory
  • poetics and experimental writing.
You’ll learn about the theoretical ideas and conceptual methods that underpin research in literature. When you graduate, you’ll have the skills necessary for further study inside and outside academia. Core modules Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most. Interpretation, Theory, and Research Methods in Literary Study Dissertation (English: Literature, Culture and Theory) Options Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. Careers Our graduates are well prepared for work in: teaching and education publishing website production and marketing journalism and writing the charity sector NGOs academia. Entry requirements You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.

Modules

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity. Core modules Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

  • Interpretation, Theory, and Research Methods in Literary Study
  • Dissertation (English: Literature, Culture and Theory )
Options Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research. While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.
  • Bearing Witness: Terror and Trauma in Global Literature
  • Literature and Society, 1750-1890
  • The Avant-Garde in North America: Creative and Critical Practice
  • Voices in the Archives: Writing from History
  • Instrumental Aesthetics: Contemporary Art, Politics and Visual Culture
  • Living and Dying in the Premodern World
  • Modernist and Contemporary Fictions
  • New Configurations in Critical Theory
- Writing Poetry PG

Entry requirements

Degree requirements: You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above. Subject-specific requirements: Your qualification should normally be in a subject relevant to your chosen Masters course. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing. For more information about our entry requirements and English language requirements, please visit our website.

Fees and funding

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English: Literature, Culture and Theory at University of Sussex - UCAS