English MA

Comments about English MA - At the institution - Kingston Upon Thames - Greater London

• Entry requirements
  Our MA in English is designed for students who have already studied English at undergraduate level and who wish to: -deepen their knowledge of English literature and language; -improve their powers of literary and linguistic analysis; and -strengthen their skills in academic research and writing through study and analysis of both literary and non-literary writing taken from a broad selection of historical periods and literary traditions.
• Academic title
  English MA
• Course description
  What will you study?
  This course develops a broad range of theoretical approaches and practical skills for the analysis of literature and language, rather than a narrow focus on any single literary tradition or historical period.
  
  All students will study conceptual approaches to literature and advanced research skills in core modules, as well as writing a 15,000-word dissertation.
  
  Students will then be able to choose from among a variety of concentrations for their degree, such as Early Modern Literature, Victorian Literature, Contemporary Literature, Life Writing, Literature and Empire, Suburban Studies, Gender Studies, Representations of Islam, and Representing History.
  
  Course structure
  Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
  
  Core modules
  -Research Skills I
  -Research Skills II
  -Critical and Cultural Theory I: Space, Place and Identity
  -Critical and Cultural Theory II: Form, Structure and Language
  -Dissertation
  
  Option modules
  -City and Suburb
  -Gender and Sexuality
  -Representing Islam
  -Imagining Empire
  -Life Writing
  -Shakespeare and Popular Culture
  -Fictions of Histor