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The MA Modern and Contemporary Writing has two main focuses: the relationship between key writers of modernism and contemporary literature, and between creative and critical writing. ...Read more
Our MA Medieval Literature and Culture offers you the opportunity to make a special study of the medieval period, considering the richness and diversity of its literature, art and history. ...Read more
English Literature: Modern and Contemporary Fictions MA
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This course gives you the chance to study English literature in a modern university environment, while taking advantage of the wealth of resources offered by Londons rich cultural life. ...Read more
The Modern Literature (MA) provides a theoretical framework for literary study before focusing on topic and genre-based modules. Our aim is to explore and understand the cultural developments of the past...Read more
Victorian Gothic: History, Literature and Culture MA (Distance Learning)
Victorian society and culture was a contradiction – an era of bold vision and technological wonders entwined with deep social fears and cultural anxieties.
Why do we associate the Victorians with darkness,...Read more
MA English Literary Studies (Postcolonial and World Literature)
Choosing the Postcolonial and World Literature pathway will allow you to explore the emergence of postcolonial and world literatures in English, and the histories of empire and decolonization underpinning...Read more
Join us to explore the dynamic relationship between literary texts of the long 19th century (1789-1914) and the fascinating culture from which they emerged.
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Our MA offers a rich interdisciplinary...Read more
This interdisciplinary Master’s degree in classical civilisation is ideal for graduates with no prior knowledge or study of Greek and Latin who want to undertake advanced study of the classical world...Read more
This Masters degree in modern and contemporary literature begins with an investigation of literary and theoretical conceptions of modernity in early twentieth-century literature, focusing on topics such...Read more
This pathway of the MA Literary Studies focuses especially on twentieth and twenty-first century literature.
Why study the MA Literary Studies: Modern Literature pathway at Goldsmiths?
On the compulsory...Read more
Our MA Modern and Contemporary Literature degree offers a rich and unique perspective on the remarkable literature and culture of the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. At Essex, you won’t just study...Read more
English Literature (Modern and Contemporary pathway) MA
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Explore the literature of the 20th and 21st centuries: a period of enormous social, political and technological changes that continue to influence us today.
This course allows you to explore...Read more
English: Renaissance and Eighteenth-Century Literature MA
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The Renaissance and the eighteenth century are two of the richest periods in English literature, as well as areas in which some of the most exciting new critical and textual scholarship has been concentrated. ...Read more
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Our MA Modern and Contemporary Literature masters course offers an opportunity to become part of an exciting, intellectual group of researchers working in 20th and 21st century literature,...Read more
The MA in Renaissance Literature 1500-1700 is an intensive and exciting survey of the literary culture of the 16th and 17th centuries. The transformations in religion, politics, the technologies of writing...Read more
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Encounter a broad range of nineteenth and twentieth-century literature and culture from Britain, North America and the English-speaking world. This course gives you an opportunity to study...Read more
This pathway explores literature in its social and cultural contexts from the late-nineteenth century to the present, focusing on Modernist and Postmodernist literature, and contemporary critical debates. ...Read more
Modern and Contemporary Literature, Culture and Thought MA
Explore how literature has shaped and been shaped by modern and contemporary culture.
You have the opportunity to choose from modules reflecting on:
modernism and postmodernism
theory and practice
contemporary...Read more
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Our taught MA course in Medieval and Renaissance Literary Studies offers choice, flexibility and the opportunity to specialise within this field. You can learn from the rich variety of...Read more
MA Literature, Romanticism and the English Lake District
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The landscape of the English Lake District has been a source of inspiration to generations of poets and writers. This taught MA offers a unique opportunity to study a rich body of literary...Read more