This programme allows to pursue individual projects in Scottish and/or English literature within a wider interdisciplinary understanding of the period as a whole. Whether your interests lie in major figures...Read more
This programme introduces you to a range of colonial and postcolonial discourse from countries and regions such as Africa, the Americas, Asia, Canada and Oceania. You will explore a range of issues contingent...Read more
The literature of the Victorian era offers an extraordinary range of styles, themes and intellectual ideas. This diverse and dynamic literary field reflects a period which witnessed rapid change in almost...Read more
This course is one of the largest graduate offerings in English Literature in the country, with an expansive range of research possibilities. These include each of the main periods of English and Scottish...Read more
English Literature (Literature and Modernity, 1900 to the Present) MSc
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...Read more
Critical Theory is an exciting and dynamic field encompassing diverse intellectual approaches to literature, culture, society, and politics. It entails reflection on the premises, concepts and categories...Read more
English Literature (US Literature Culture and Value, Revolution to Empire) MSc
The programme examines a range of US literary and historical contexts, introducing ways in which the production of an idea of America is variously achieved and contested between 1776 and the present. ...Read more
Modern English Literature begins in the extraordinary developments of the 16th and early 17th centuries. Under the influence of social, religious and political transformations, and through engagement...Read more
The writing and thought of the Romantic period has long been central to the study of modern literatures in English, and recent developments in literary theory have underlined the continuing importance...Read more
From the poetry of Dunbar and Henryson to the fiction of James Kelman and A.L. Kennedy, Scottish literature presents an extraordinarily rich and varied subject of study, whether considered as a tradition...Read more
This course is one of the largest graduate offerings in English Literature in the country, with an expansive range of research possibilities. These include each of the main periods of English and Scottish...Read more
English Literature (Literature and Society, Enlightenment, Romantic and Victorian) MSc
This programme offers students an introduction to the study of the ways in which writing in English has shaped or mediated political identities in England, Scotland and Ireland. This programme introduces...Read more