12 monthsProgramme duration
36,800 GBPTuition Fee/year
30 Jul, 2027Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
MA
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
On this MA course, you acquire a thorough understanding of modern theories of literature, the contexts of literature and the interaction between literatures, and gain practical experience in comparative literary studies.
The course also develops the critical and analytical skills necessary for research in this field. You gain a breadth of knowledge, cultural awareness, enhanced writing skills, and a familiarity with advanced textual analysis, learning to work flexibly and creatively across cultures and in a range of fields.
You take compulsory modules which are designed to work as a graduate-level foundation and provide you with the specific skills to research and write academic essays. You work with a supervisor to develop your research interests and write a dissertation in your final term and over the summer. You have the option of choosing between a taught or research pathway. On the research pathway, you select fewer optional modules in favour of writing an extended dissertation to focus on your own interests.
We are particularly interested in innovative approaches to literary and cultural studies, and in research with a comparative, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary focus. This includes research in the following fields: world literature, literary and cultural theory, material and visual cultures, reception studies, themes and genres, cultural history, comparative gender and performance studies, translation studies, diaspora and migration studies, and new media. The multidisciplinary research culture at UCL ensures that there is a wide range of seminars, lecture series and other opportunities to exchange ideas.
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
MA
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
On this MA course, you acquire a thorough understanding of modern theories of literature, the contexts of literature and the interaction between literatures, and gain practical experience in comparative literary studies.
The course also develops the critical and analytical skills necessary for research in this field. You gain a breadth of knowledge, cultural awareness, enhanced writing skills, and a familiarity with advanced textual analysis, learning to work flexibly and creatively across cultures and in a range of fields.
You take compulsory modules which are designed to work as a graduate-level foundation and provide you with the specific skills to research and write academic essays. You work with a supervisor to develop your research interests and write a dissertation in your final term and over the summer. You have the option of choosing between a taught or research pathway. On the research pathway, you select fewer optional modules in favour of writing an extended dissertation to focus on your own interests.
We are particularly interested in innovative approaches to literary and cultural studies, and in research with a comparative, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary focus. This includes research in the following fields: world literature, literary and cultural theory, material and visual cultures, reception studies, themes and genres, cultural history, comparative gender and performance studies, translation studies, diaspora and migration studies, and new media. The multidisciplinary research culture at UCL ensures that there is a wide range of seminars, lecture series and other opportunities to exchange ideas.
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