English Literature (Modern and Contemporary pathway) (Taught) 12 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Leeds |TopUniversities

English Literature (Modern and Contemporary pathway) (Taught)

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Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

English Language and LiteratureMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

This programme allows you to engage with texts and writers from across the 20th and 21st century as well as the cultural, critical, conceptual and political contexts that have shaped them. You’ll have the chance to study major canonical and lesser-known authors as well as popular literature and film adaptation, engaging with some of the defining and urgent cultural issues and legacies of this period. This may include psychoanalysis, post-war writing, postcolonial literatures, mass and popular culture and eco-criticism and the environment. You could even select modules from other periods to broaden your knowledge. At the same time, you’ll develop your understanding of research methods in literary studies, preparing for further study or a career in a range of different sectors.

Programme overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

This programme allows you to engage with texts and writers from across the 20th and 21st century as well as the cultural, critical, conceptual and political contexts that have shaped them. You’ll have the chance to study major canonical and lesser-known authors as well as popular literature and film adaptation, engaging with some of the defining and urgent cultural issues and legacies of this period. This may include psychoanalysis, post-war writing, postcolonial literatures, mass and popular culture and eco-criticism and the environment. You could even select modules from other periods to broaden your knowledge. At the same time, you’ll develop your understanding of research methods in literary studies, preparing for further study or a career in a range of different sectors.

Admission Requirements

92+
6+
3+
176+
64+

Jan-2000

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