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MA - Master of Arts
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Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
Our specialist MA English Literature programme offers you the chance to tailor a broad range of module choices to your own interests. Create your own bespoke degree: choose a general route through the curriculum (ideal if your interests are wide-ranging), or choose one of our defined specialist routes to gain an understanding of the movements, debates, and literary practices that shaped a particular period or theme.
You will be supported by world renowned scholars, working at the cutting edge of literary studies.
You will
Queen Marys London location means youll also have the wealth of Londons literary culture on your doorstep: our MA makes the most of this advantage, ensuring you explore the citys galleries, libraries and other cultural institutions.
What you'll study
The programme is designed for students to choose their own routes through the course material. On the degree you may choose modules that approach literature through discrete historical periods, considering the material production of our aesthetic and narrative lives over time. You might be interested in our modules that encounter London as a centre of cultural production, where students go out into town and visit historical monuments, contemporary galleries, and the urban infrastructure in between.
Assessment
You will be assessed by a 1000-word writing assignment and a 4000-word independent research essay for each module you take, in addition to the dissertation research project of 15,000 words.
Career paths
We train critical thinkers and writers who can pursue a wide range of careers worldwide. Many of our MA students go on to further research and study, and many take their research skills and critical knowledge into other sectors and industries.
Degree requirements – You need a 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in English or a related subject such as History, Cultural Studies and Media Studies. Other routes - Promising applicants who do not meet the formal academic criteria but who possess relevant credentials and who can demonstrate their potential to produce written work at Masters level will also be considered. As part of the admissions process, we may call for examples of written and artistic work and/or interview candidates. Additional information - Please note, the entry requirements for this programme for September 2025 entry are currently being reviewed and therefore there is a possibility that they may change.
Students living in
Domestic
£12,250 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)
£25,500 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£25,500 per year
Students from International
Accommodation- 155 per week for a non-ensuite room
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