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MA - Master of Arts
University of Northampton
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
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MA - Master of Arts
University of Northampton
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
MA - Master of Arts
University of Northampton
Part Time
SEP-25
2 years
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OVERVIEW
This exciting English – Contemporary Literature MA course examines the role of contemporary literature in a number of different contexts. You will have the chance to explore a diverse range of texts, across varied modules, with the chance to explore a topic of your choice in specialist detail through your dissertation. You could study post-1945 classics, including late modernists like Samuel Beckett, as well as surveying the latest novels.
On this Contemporary Literature MA, you may explore specialist fields such as trauma fiction or gender and sexuality, master the latest literary theories, or investigate new genres and popular narrative media, including contemporary gothic literature, film, video games and comic books.
Course Details
The English – Contemporary Literature MA programme is built to encourage you to not only examine the contemporary moment – our time, our culture – in isolation, but to use contemporary literature as a window to broader concerns: literary traditions and heritage, politics and society, personal identity and representation.
To apply for the MA in English (Contemporary Literature) we normally ask that you have a Bachelor’s degree in English, or a related discipline, at 2:1 or higher. Applications with alternative qualifications or experience and from overseas students are welcomed and will be assessed in accordance with the University’s Admissions Policy and Academic Regulations.
Students living in
Domestic
£8,250 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£16,995 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.