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Study Details: 12 months (full-time), 27 months (part-time)
This MA in English Literature will be of interest to both recent graduates and those wishing to return to higher education. It offers a varied programme which allows you to build upon existing interests whilst moving into new and more complex areas of study. The advanced skills that you develop during your MA – for example in argumentation, analysis, research, project management and communication – are sought-after by a wide range of graduate employers, as well as being essential in the progression to doctoral study.
Our programme is a wide ranging one, with lots of variety and opportunities to study authors and texts across different historical periods, and in different forms and genres. It offers a unique opportunity to develop expertise in archival research and book history, whilst at the same time honing the theoretical and critical skills necessary for the successful analysis and interpretation of literary and historical sources. Another special feature of our MA programme is its emphasis on literature and locality, with a particular emphasis upon Merseyside, Lancashire and Yorkshire. By examining the relationship between texts and place, graduates will develop a fresh perspective on the literature of the North of England, and better understand historical shifts and developments in description and representation.
Due to the range of expertise of our English Literature staff, our MA students are free to produce a dissertation on a wide variety of topics, from the Early Modern period to the present day.
A minimum of a Second-Class Honours degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. English Literature, Media or Drama) awarded by a UK university, or an equivalent higher education qualification.
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English at Liverpool Hope University is number 1 in the UK for graduate prospects in the 2020 Complete University Guide. The MA (Res) opens up a rich variety of career opportunities, as it requires students to develop a varied skills base that can be applied to a broad range of organizational settings. Graduates of the MA by Research will have the scope to venture into a number of exciting career paths, for example in education, publishing, media and communication, the Arts, public administration, and community work.
The MA by Research may also be considered by applicants who would like to develop their independent research skills and who may wish to progress onto PhD study.
Book History: Archives and Material Cultures of Reading (30 credits)
Rewriting the North (30 credits)
Advanced Masters Research in English Literature (15 credits)
Research Dissertation (60 credits)
The following is an indicative list of the non-core modules, only some of which run each year:
Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature
The Rise of the Novel
Case Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Science Fiction
The Art of the Graphic novel
Fantasy and the Literature of the Fantastic
The Literature of the First World War
Culture and Diversity in Early Twentieth-Century Irish Literature
Literary, Theory and Practice
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