MA English

Edge Hill University

Master

In Ormskirk

£ 4,860 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Ormskirk

  • Duration

    1 Year

The MA in English covers literature and popular culture in their historical contexts from the sixteenth century to the present day, with a focus on literature post-1800. It provides you with the opportunity to undertake a comparative study of literature, history and popular culture and develop research skills and methodologies. The programme will appeal if you are interested in combining the study of ‘serious’ literature with popular writing, women’s literature, and topics such as Empire, American national identity, the Victorian period, Holocaust and Second World War, approached as interdisciplinary case studies from the perspective of literature, history, popular culture and print culture. The course enables you to work across subject boundaries and provides excellent preparation if you wish to pursue a PhD in the future.

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Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

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On request

About this course

Graduates in the humanities with a higher degree find employment in a wide variety of careers such as teaching, arts organisation and management, the heritage industry, publishing, advertising, journalism, libraries and learning centres, and management/administration.

Alternatively, upon successful completion of the programme, you may wish to apply to progress onto a research degree such as an MPhil or PhD.

To join this programme, a good first degree in a relevant subject is normally required (2.2 or above). An interview will form part of the selection process.

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Subjects

  • Writing
  • English
  • Philosophies
  • Social Sciences
  • Humanities
  • Literature
  • History
  • Film And Culture
  • Writing Contemporary Women
  • Digital Humanities

Course programme

HUM4000 Critical Approaches to Postgraduate Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (20 credits)

HUM4002 Research Philosophies and Methodologies (20 credits)

HUM4100 Dissertation (60 credits)

You will select four of the following modules. Please note, approximately half of the pool of elective modules is likely to be available for selection in a typical academic year.

The modules provisionally being offered for the following academic year are typically determined in the Spring prior to a September intake. If you wish to enquire whether particular modules will be available in a specific academic year, please contact the programme leader.

HUM4015 The Victorian City: Image and Reality (20 credits)

HUM4019 Re-making the Nation: Propaganda, Culture and Identity in the Second World War (20 credits)

HUM4030 Fictions of Class 1910-1965 (20 credits)

HUM4032 Writing Contemporary Women (20 credits)

HUM4033 Rhythm and Colour: Literature, Jazz and Art (20 credits)

HUM4034 Love Actually? Love, Literature and Popular Culture (20 credits)

HUM4036 The Pre-Raphaelites and Their Circle in Literature and Art (20 credits)

HUM4038 Text Analysis in the Digital Humanities (20 credits)

HUM4039 Colonial to Global: Narratives of Imperialism (20 credits)

HUM4040 Real Men, New Men and Lover Men: Masculinities in Twentieth-Century Narratives (20 credits)

HUM4041 Transgressive Women (20 credits)

HUM4042 Revenge in Theory and Practice (20 credits)

HUM4043 Neo-Victorian Fiction (20 credits)

HUM4044 Violence and the Idea of the Middle East (20 credits)

HUM4045 Existentialism and French Literature, 1930-1960 (20 credits)

HUM4046 Literature and Laughter (20 credits)

HUM4047 Cultures of Memory (20 credits)

HUM4048 Print and the People, 1850-1900 (20 credits)

HUM4049 Gothic Spaces (20 credits)

HUM4051 Everything is Awesome! Enlightenment to Post-Romantic Children's Cultures (20 credits)

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.

Additional information

£12,500 for international students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18. Tuition fees for part-time study on this MA are £27 per credit for UK and EU students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18, i.e. £540 per 20 credit module.

How will I be assessed?

 You will be assessed through a combination of assignments which, depending on the modules you choose, may include essays, critical reviews, critical diaries, presentations and research-based projects, and a dissertation.

Who will be teaching me?

 You will be taught by a team of specialist tutors who are active researchers and committed teachers with interests in literature, popular culture, genre studies, modern history, women’s studies, history and print culture.


Course Length:1 Year Full-Time, 2 Years Part-Time

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