English Literary Studies
Master
In Belfast City
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Belfast city (Northern Ireland)
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Duration
1 Year
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Start date
Different dates available
To provide students with the opportunity to develop an in-depth knowledge and understanding of English Literary Studies, enabling students to pursue specialised fields of study (via guided pathways in specialist areas) or to choose a flexible arrangement of topics which bypass traditional period or national boundaries. Why Queen's? The MA in English Literary Studies offers a number of special features. Some of the American Literature and Culture topics will engage with contemporary examples of American art and culture through field work. The topics relating to medieval literature and culture use connections to the School of History and to the archives in Armagh, Belfast and Trinity College Dublin. Students and staff across the degree also take part in a number of discussion groups, workshops and conferences both within and outside the University. There is the opportunity to organise and/or participate in the School's annual PG conference ('Common Ground') and weekly research seminars. Share this course Share "“Having studied at Queen’s as an undergraduate, the decision to do an MA here in the School of English was an easy one to make! Specialising in Renaissance Literature, the opportunity to incorporate other modules from a wide range on offer was fantastic and made for a more exciting and diverse degree.” " Jordan Carville
MA English Literary Studies
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About this course
MA: a good 2.1 Honours degree in English or joint or combined Honours with English as a major subject or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University. PGDip: normally a 2.1 Honours degree in English or joint or combined Honours with English as a major subject or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University. All applicants are required to submit a piece of written work to assess their suitability for this programme. Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning (RPEL) Admission to the programme(s) under...
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Subjects
- English
- School
- Teaching
- American Literature
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- Renaissance Literature
Course programme
Course Details
The MA in English Literary Studies offers a flexible system in which students can choose either specific topics to create a focused programme of study or widely diverse areas of literary study, according to their own preferences. The School's literary studies staff comprise the largest group within the School of English and are thus able to offer a wide range of kinds of study: from the earliest writings in English (studied in their own historical and cultural contexts but also in relation to new digital cultures), to contemporary American literature and culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries (incorporating literature and other aspects of culture, such as television and graphic arts).
Other strengths of the School's expertise include Renaissance literature (particularly women's writing, the history of the child, and Shakespeare and World Cinema), eighteenth-century literature (women's writing, slavery and abolition, and Indian literatures in English) and nineteenth and twentieth-century literature (with specialisms including the fiction of Dickens, the fin de siècle and modernism).
In addition to the substantive modules offered by the School of English, students will take part in a programme of research training offered by the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. This provides training in core research skills, as well as a range of options for developing additional skills in an interdisciplinary forum.
Students select from a range of topics within generic modules, permitting either specialism or diversity in the choice of study, from the earliest writings in English to the contemporary. After two semesters of taught modules, all MA students on the programme then complete a 15,000 word dissertation, which they choose and design and then work on in conjunction with an academic supervisor.
Modules include:
Semester 1- Advanced Literary Studies (40 CATS)
- Making Knowledge Work (20 CATS)
- Literary Research Methods (20 CATS)
- Developing Research Specialisms (40 CATS)
- Dissertation (60 CATS)
Practical exercises, essays and seminar presentations.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching Times
Morning/Afternoon
Additional Teaching Information
Mondays-Fridays. Will include study-skill days and field-trips to archives.
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English Literary Studies