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MA - Master of Arts
Clifton Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
The MA in English Literature aims to deepen your passion for literature while developing the rigorous specialist skills essential to postgraduate-level research. With the help and support of the distinguished Department of English, we aim to provide a stimulating and challenging intellectual experience in a friendly, supportive environment.The programme offers four pathways, which build on the core research strengths of the department:Shakespeare and Early Modern LiteratureRomantic and Victorian Literature20th Century and Contemporary LiteratureLiterature and the Environment.If you wish to focus on a particular period you may follow a single pathway. Alternatively, if you want to broaden your engagement with English literature, you may decide to choose no single pathway, and combine optional units to suit your interests.All students are taught the specialist skills required for postgraduate-level research and the practical skills that academic life demands. Everyone on the programme is invited to enter fully into the wider academic community of the department and the University.
