12 monthsProgramme duration
18,440 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
These three pathways bring together creative and critical approaches to literature in new and imaginative ways. You’ll examine current developments and critical issues on a course that provides an international and cross-cultural outlook.
Taught by a team with an international reputation for their research in diverse areas, ranging from Caribbean culture to crime novels to apocalyptic fictions, this course will expose you to new ideas and will encourage you to question them. Across both shared and specialist modules and in undertaking a major project, you’ll develop skills of critical sophistication and argumentation and independence-of-mind, project development, and reflection.
Literary Studies pathway
Specialise in literary studies. On this pathway, you’ll:
Creative Writing Pathway
Study creative writing at an advanced level. On this pathway, you’ll:
English & Creative Writing pathway
On this pathway, you’ll:
Taught by a team with an international reputation for their research in diverse areas, ranging from Caribbean culture to crime novels to apocalyptic fictions, this course will expose you to new ideas and will encourage you to question them. Across both shared and specialist modules and in undertaking a major project, you’ll develop skills of critical sophistication and argumentation and independence-of-mind, project development, and reflection.
Literary Studies pathway
Specialise in literary studies. On this pathway, you’ll:
- Explore the relationship between history and literary analysis
- Understand, apply and criticise key practical, contextual, conceptual and theoretical issues and debates in the analysis and creation of literary texts
- Reflect on and evaluate methodologies, drawing on a range of cultural, theoretical and practice-led reference points
Creative Writing Pathway
Study creative writing at an advanced level. On this pathway, you’ll:
- Expand and think critically about your own writing practice as a form of critical engagement or research
- Improve your understanding and mastery of the craft of creative writing
- Develop persuasive and sophisticated style both orally and in the written form
English & Creative Writing pathway
On this pathway, you’ll:
- Choose to study either the 'Literature & History 'or 'The Art of Creative Writing' modules
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
These three pathways bring together creative and critical approaches to literature in new and imaginative ways. You’ll examine current developments and critical issues on a course that provides an international and cross-cultural outlook.
Taught by a team with an international reputation for their research in diverse areas, ranging from Caribbean culture to crime novels to apocalyptic fictions, this course will expose you to new ideas and will encourage you to question them. Across both shared and specialist modules and in undertaking a major project, you’ll develop skills of critical sophistication and argumentation and independence-of-mind, project development, and reflection.
Literary Studies pathway
Specialise in literary studies. On this pathway, you’ll:
Creative Writing Pathway
Study creative writing at an advanced level. On this pathway, you’ll:
English & Creative Writing pathway
On this pathway, you’ll:
Taught by a team with an international reputation for their research in diverse areas, ranging from Caribbean culture to crime novels to apocalyptic fictions, this course will expose you to new ideas and will encourage you to question them. Across both shared and specialist modules and in undertaking a major project, you’ll develop skills of critical sophistication and argumentation and independence-of-mind, project development, and reflection.
Literary Studies pathway
Specialise in literary studies. On this pathway, you’ll:
- Explore the relationship between history and literary analysis
- Understand, apply and criticise key practical, contextual, conceptual and theoretical issues and debates in the analysis and creation of literary texts
- Reflect on and evaluate methodologies, drawing on a range of cultural, theoretical and practice-led reference points
Creative Writing Pathway
Study creative writing at an advanced level. On this pathway, you’ll:
- Expand and think critically about your own writing practice as a form of critical engagement or research
- Improve your understanding and mastery of the craft of creative writing
- Develop persuasive and sophisticated style both orally and in the written form
English & Creative Writing pathway
On this pathway, you’ll:
- Choose to study either the 'Literature & History 'or 'The Art of Creative Writing' modules
Admission Requirements
54+
6+
4+
Applicants should either have a second class honours degree or have equivalent experience or training, normally from within the work environment.
1 Year
Sep
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
- Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance
Tuition fees
Domestic
8,670 GBP
International
18,440 GBP
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