MA Literary Studies
Goldsmiths, University of London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
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Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
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Introduction
MA Literary Studies
This exciting, intellectually rigorous programme gives you the opportunity to develop the study of literature from a variety of perspectives through a number of flexible pathways.
The pathways you can take are:
- Pathway inAmerican Literature & Culture
- Pathway inComparative Literature & Criticism
- Pathway inLiterature of the Caribbean & its Diasporas
- Pathway inCritical Theory
- Pathway inModern and Contemporary Literature
- Pathway inRomantic & Victorian Literature & Culture
These enable you to combine theoretical angles with the close reading of a wide range of texts, from different media (literary, filmic, visual), periods, and cultural, geographic and linguistic backgrounds though all texts will be studied in English, in English translation, or with English subtitles.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Pathway
- Pathway in Comparative Literature & Criticism Studies in Comparative Literature & Criticism
- Pathway in Modern Literary Theory
- Pathway in Modern Literature
- Pathway in Literature of the Caribbean & its
- Pathway in American Literature & Culture
- Pathway in Romantic and Victorian Literature & Culture
- Pathway in Shakespeare: Early & Modern
Compulsory Module
- Studies in Comparative Literature & Criticism
- Theories of Literature & Culture
- Modern Literary Movements
- Diasporas Literature of the Caribbean & its Diasporas
- American Literature & Culture: Critical & Theoretical Concepts
- Nineteenth-Century Literature: Romanticisms
- Shakespeare and the Early Modern
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates of this programme have gone on to pursue careers in:
- publishing
- journalism
- public relations
- teaching
- advertising
- the civil service
- business
- industry
- the media
English Language Requirements
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