European Literatures

MA in European Literatures

Mode: part-time

The MA in European Literatures is designed to give graduates in either English or Modern Languages the opportunity to study and compare a range of major European and British literary works from the 19th and 20th centuries. Optional units in earlier periods of literature are also available.

Texts not originally written in English will be studied in translation, and students are likely to encounter works belonging to each of the major cultural traditions covered by the School of Modern Languages (French, German, Hispanic, Italian, Russian). Other traditions (Czech, Portuguese, Latin American) may also be included, and consideration of a variety of approaches to literature will develop advanced critical and analytical skills.

Programme Structure

Compulsory Units

• Introduction to Critical Theory
• The Rise of the Novel in 19th-century Europe
• Tradition and Experimentation in 20th-century European Fiction

Optional Units

• At least one MA English Literature unit
• Two additional optional units from the very wide range available in English Literature, Modern Languages or more broadly across the Faculty

MA Modern Languages European Literatures Pathway
'European Literatures' may also be studied as a pathway within the MA in Modern Languages. Three units in European literature (including either or both of 'The Rise of the Novel in 19th century Europe' or 'Tradition and Experimentation in 20th century European Fiction' are combined with a 'European' core which must include 'Concepts of Europe' and either 'European Literature of Ideas' or study of an appropriate modern language.