English Literature MA/PgDip

Part One: In the first part of the MA programme, all students are required to study FOUR modules of 30 credits each; for full time students, this means two modules per semester. Of these four modules, one is compulsory: Literary Theory, Scholarship and Research (in semester 1). This module lays the foundation for the MA by introducing you to key ideas in literary theory, the analysis of texts and the techniques of advanced scholarly writing. In addition, students are required to choose three further modules from those listed below. You may make an open selection of modules OR follow one of the four pathways described above. In order to complete a pathway, you must choose at least TWO of your three optional modules from that pathway, with the final module being a free choice (from the pathway, from elsewhere in the English Literature MA programme, or from other relevant postgraduate programmes in the School or College). 1. Modules on Medieval and Early Modern Literature: Pre Modern Travel Manuscripts and Printed Books The European Renaissance Myth and the Early Modern Author Women’s Devotional Writing Medieval Arthur Post Medieval Arthur Advanced Latin for Postgraduates Editing Texts 2. Modules on Material Texts: Manuscripts and Printed Books Material Texts and Contexts Print, Politics & Popular Culture Editing Texts 3. Modules on Revolution and Modernity, 1750 to the Present: Revolution, Modernity: 1790 1930 Welsh Literature in English Material Texts and Contexts Modernisms Print, Politics & Popular Culture Irish Literature Editing Texts 4. Modules on Four Nations Literature: Revolution, Modernity: 1790 1930 Welsh Literature in English Modernisms Irish Literature Editing Texts In addition to the above pathway related modules, the following modules are offered: Open Essay The Postgraduate Conference It is possible to take one optional module from the MA in Creative Writing (if the prerequisites of creative writing experience are met). If you should so wish, and in consultation with the Director of the MA in English Literature, there is also the option of taking one MA module from another School in the College of Arts and Humanities. Part Two: After the completion of the four modules which make up Part One of the programme, Part Two consists of a 20,000 word dissertation (60 credits) on a subject of your choice, researched and written under the individual supervision of a subject specialist. If you are following one of the four pathways, you are expected to write your dissertation in a research area relevant to that particular pathway. Students who have completed Part One of the MA programme but elect not to write a dissertation are awarded the postgraduate diploma.