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Master in English Literature (MA) - Brunel University London
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Master in English Literature (MA) - Brunel University London

Brunel University London
LondonUK
On campus
Part-time
€6,145.07/year
 1271 Points
Duration
2 Years
Language
English

Program Description

Studying for the master in English Literature (MA) gives you the opportunity to uncover the richness of the history of English Literature – through selected periods, genres, and diverse storytellers – through a set of underlying themes that act as windows into deeper understanding.

Whether your purpose is to explore a long-held interest, build on previous studies or benefit your career, studying a master in English Literature (MA) will keep you close to one of the key literary capitals of the world.

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Course Content

The master in English Literature (MA) will provide you with a deeper understanding of English literature’s rich past, as you develop key investigative research skills relevant to literary studies. You will study five compulsory modules, four of which will cover a range of texts and the fifth will be in preparation your dissertation.

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Teaching and Learning

The master in English Literature (MA) is taught by world-leading specialists in post-1789 literature theory, each with an international reputation for publication, with their work informing the content of the course.

The curriculum is designed to enable you to revisit and reassess ideas and their relationships within and between the modules, running over two terms, offering an intellectual pathway to your dissertation of 15,000 words on a topic of your choice.

Lectures and presentations will give you an overview of a particular topic and provide material for evaluative discussion during the seminars where you will be encouraged to contribute, present your own interpretations and raise new questions for debate.

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Curriculum

Reading, Research and Writing

This module aims to introduce or build upon research skills usually gained during undergraduate studies by honing your approach and technique to a standard required for postgraduate work. The module draws on research council frameworks in order to advance you to the standards of taught postgraduate research, particularly in preparation for the dissertation element. It will also provide practical preparation in English Literature research methods for those hoping to progress to PhD level work.

Postmillennial Literature

In this module you will develop a detailed knowledge of contemporary literatures in terms of their contemporaneity, interaction with key themes such as trauma, identity, diversity, and the development of their genres or forms or influence in the field. You will also develop a sophisticated understanding of the socio-historical, cultural, geographical and theoretical frameworks used in the analysis of such literature in particular ideas pertaining to their contemporaneity qualities.

A Literary Decade

The Literary Decades module offers a contextual and historical understanding of selected dynamics of a literary period. The module adopts a historical and cultural approach to the literature of a decade, by considering a nominated period in British literary history, considering major texts, themes and historical events of significance relevant to such key texts that are selected to illustrate the aesthetic dynamics of the nominated period.

Author(s) Study

This module will allow you to develop a wide familiarity with the writings of the nominated writer/s [such as the Brontë sisters; George Orwell; J.G. Ballard; Katharine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf; William Shakespeare etc.]. You will also develop a sophisticated understanding of the socio-historical, cultural, and theoretical frameworks used in the analysis of the period in which the nominated writer/s were active aesthetically.

Dissertation

This module will enable you to undertake a substantial independent investigation of a topic, issue or design project agreed with the module leader and produce written dissertations that are supported by evidence, are scholarly, that present a high level of independent learning and an original contribution to knowledge in your chosen area.

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