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Study Details: MA 1 year full-time, 2 or 3 years part-time
The MA in English Literature allows you to roam a stimulating field of English studies and draw on the individual research expertise of our experienced staff.
You shape your own pathway through course, selecting compelling modules from the MA in English and a combination from other specialist MAs such as the MA in Welsh Writing in English and the MA in Gender and Culture.
This could see you combine gender and humour in medieval and early modern Europe with a module on writing radio drama.
A 60-credit dissertation project in the second part of the course will investigate a topic of your choosing.
WHY ENGLISH LITERATURE AT SWANSEA?
The School of Culture and Communication is based on our inspirational Singleton Park campus, in parkland overlooking Swansea Bay.
Designed to promote individual and collaborative research activity of international standard, the Graduate Centre provides a supportive environment for postgraduate research and taught masters study.
Postgraduate training is available to enhance academic and professional development, as well as seminar programmes, workshops and international conferences.
You will study a set number of optional 20-credit modules, before undertaking a 60-credit dissertation project of your choosing in the second part of the course.
Varied modules include advanced research skills in English, Welsh identities, creative non-fiction, writing radio drama, screenwriting, gender and culture, James Joyce and literary theory, and fiction and power.
Drama writing is a particular teaching strength, and contains the relatively new and unexplored field of Dramaturgy.
Students must attain a 2:2 (or overseas equivalent) in a degree in English or a relevant discipline.Two samples of assessed literary essays are required for assessment.
For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more.
We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries for both taught and research courses to help you fund your study.
You will develop excellent oral and creative writing skills, and learn to present your ideas in a range of formats.
Graduates from this course enter a range of creative industries including publishing, broadcasting, marketing and advertising. They also undertake research degrees and pursue a career in academia.
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