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Goldsmiths, University of London
MA Literary Studies: Pathway in Romantic & Victorian Literature and Culture
Goldsmiths, University of London

MA Literary Studies: Pathway in Romantic & Victorian Literature and Culture

GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

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Full time | Goldsmiths, University of London | 1 year | SEP-25

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Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP-25

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Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Nineteenth Century English Literature Social History Cultural Studies

Course Summary

This pathway of the MA in Literary Studies aims to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the literature of 19th-century Britain and its relationship to a wide variety of cultural, intellectual, geographic and historical contexts. You will compare texts which are closely connected yet often taught as the products of two distinct periods you’ll see how genres and themes develop and explore relationships between authors and texts.You’ll study literary elegies and the afterlife of Romanticism Wordsworth’s influence on the fiction of Eliot and Hardy connections between the conversation poem and the dramatic monologue London in literature what Gothic and sensation novels tell us about the anxieties of the period.We’ll help you understand the impact of cultural, intellectual, and historical contexts: the reception of classical antiquity the emergence of realism radicalism and the French Revolution Orientalism urban Romanticism and Decadence.Our flexible pathway system enables you to focus on Romantic and Victorian literature and culture, with a related option module in European Decadence and the Visual Arts which will introduce you to the work of the Decadence Research Centre.Length1 year full-time or 2 years part-time

Modules

Dissertation (60 Credits) - Core
Nineteenth-Century Literature: Romanticisms (30 Credits) - Core

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£9,630

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£18,560

Entry requirements

Students should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least upper second class standard in a relevant/related subject. Students might also be considered for some programmes if they arent a graduate or their degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that students have the ability to work at postgraduate level.

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