Course summary
Visit our website for more information on fees, scholarships, postgraduate loans and other funding options to study at Swansea University. The MA in English Literature allows you to roam a stimulating field of English studies and draw on the individual research expertise of our experienced staff. You shape your own pathway through course, selecting compelling modules from the MA in English and a combination from other specialist MAs such as the MA in Welsh Writing in English and the MA in Gender and Culture. This could see you combine gender and humour in medieval and early modern Europe with a module on writing radio drama. Visit our website for more information on fees, scholarships, postgraduate loans and other funding options to study at Swansea University.
Modules
Modules may include: Research Practice in English / Contemporary Writing / Welsh Writing in English; Practising Ideas: Advanced Research Skills in English / Contemporary Writing / Welsh Writing in English; The Romantic Sublime; Long Fiction; Genre: Writing for the Stage; Poetry; Art of The Short Story; Welsh Identities: literature and nationhood; Gender, Genre and the Nation: Women Writing Modern Wales; Dylan Thomas and the Rise of Welsh Writing in English; Writing Radio Drama; Angela Carter; Creative Non-Fiction; James Joyce and Literary Theory; Neo-Victorian Mutinies: Gender & Racial Trauma in Neo-Victorian Fiction (& Film); Discovering Old English; The Queer Middle Ages: Bodies, Textuality and Objects; After Macbeth: Stage and Screen Adaptation; Was Eve Framed? Theorising the Medieval Walled Garden; Screenwriting.
Entry requirements
The typical entry requirement is a first degree in English or a relevant discipline, normally an upper second or above or equivalent. Overseas students are expected to possess an IELTS score of 6.5.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
England | £4350 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £4350 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £4350 | Year 1 |
Wales | £4350 | Year 1 |
EU | £9200 | Year 1 |
International | £9200 | Year 1 |
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
Provider information
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP