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English Literature: Literature and Modernity: 1900 to the Present MSc

English Literature: Literature and Modernity: 1900 to the Present MSc

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Full time | The University of Edinburgh | 1 year | SEP-25

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP-25

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Literature: Specific Periods English Literature

Course Summary

This programme examines a range of literary and theoretical contexts, introducing ways that writing and imagination shape and share in cultural and political processes.You will explore the ways literature since 1900 has sought to change and modernise itself, in the context of wider developments of modernity characterising the age.Your studies will take you through a broad and fascinating field, from the originators of literary ‘modernity – including TS Eliot, Ezra Pound, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf – to the present day and the continuing impact of their innovations.Studying in the worlds first UNESCO City of Literature, you will analyse the most challenging and exciting literature written in English since 1900, and explore the range of historical, intellectual, cultural, political and philosophical factors informing the periods writing – particularly in its highly innovative modernist and postmodernist phases.

Modules

Literature and Modernity I: Modernist Aesthetics - Core
Literature and Modernity II: Late Modernism and Beyond - Core
Dissertation

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£13,000

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£28,800

Entry requirements

A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in a relevant discipline.