MLitSt Literature (four-year integrated masters) MLIT
University of Essex
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Master of Literature with Honours – MLit (Hons)

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Colchester Campus

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OCT-24

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4 Years

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Master of Literature with Honours – MLit (Hons)

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You’ve read the classics, but you want a fresh take on literature, old and new. Perhaps you want to explore particular genres, themes or periods of literature in more depth; or perhaps you want to discover that your new favourite author is someone you’ve never heard of before. Studying literature widens your horizons, sharpens your critical skills, develops your writing ability, and introduces you to the great cultures, thoughts, ideas and imaginations of the world.Studying at Essex will ...Read more

You’ve read the classics, but you want a fresh take on literature, old and new. Perhaps you want to explore particular genres, themes or periods of literature in more depth; or perhaps you want to discover that your new favourite author is someone you’ve never heard of before. Studying literature widens your horizons, sharpens your critical skills, develops your writing ability, and introduces you to the great cultures, thoughts, ideas and imaginations of the world.Studying at Essex will challenge and revolutionise the way you think about literature. We’ll invite you to reflect on how literature shapes, and is shaped by, the world. Drawing on key texts, core theories and concepts, you’ll develop critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills that will help you make your own mark.On our four-year MLitSt Literature, you will be part of an interdisciplinary department where literary critics work alongside practising poets, dramatist, film-makers, novelists and journalists.You have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of optional modules across different topics and areas of specialism, including;- Literatures of slavery and emancipation- Themes of love, desire and death- Identity, diversity and voice in United States literature- Shakespeare’s tragedies- Postcolonial literature- Romantic, Gothic, naturalist, realist and sentimental writing- 20th and 21st century literature- Modernism, postmodernism, dystopias, and science fiction- European, Caribbean and Transatlantic literature- Poetic, contemporary, avant-garde and political writingIn your fourth year, as a post-graduate student, you will be able to choose from the following masters level modules in literature and, if you wish, creative writing:- Shakespeare and the Modern- Research Methods in Literary and Cultural Analysis- The Modern City: From Modernism to Postmodernism- Caribbean Crossings: Literature across continents- African American Literature- Dramatic Structure- Memory Maps- Oulipo and the Avant Garde- US Avant Garde poetryAt Essex, you can study modules which examine a variety of genres, including travel writing, the podcast, and autobiography among others, and work across different media, including books, newspapers, plays and film. Our modules not only span momentous historical, political and social worldwide events, but also examine the alternative worlds that literature has produced.At Essex we believe in radical, challenging and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of literature and while we are respectful of conventions, we’re not bound by them.

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A level:

BBB - ABB Grades / Points required

UCAS Tariff:

120 - 128 Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

D:15,M:30 Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

30 - 32 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DDM Grades / Points required

ABB - BBB or 128 - 120 tariff points from a minimum of 2 full A-levels including an essay based subject

128 - 120 tariff points from a minimum of 2 full A-levels

QAA-approved Access to HE Diploma: 15 level 3 credits at Distinction and 30 level 3 credits at Merit – 6 level 3 credits at Distinction and 39 level 3 credits at Merit, depending on subject studied - advice on acceptability can be provided, please contact ugquery@essex.ac.uk for more information.

Or three Higher Level certificates with 655-555. Either must include a Higher Level essay-based subject grade 5.We are also happy to consider a combination of separate IB Diploma Programmes at both Higher and Standard Level. Exact offer levels will vary depending on the range of subjects being taken at higher and standard level, and the course applied for. Please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office for more information on ugquery@essex.ac.uk.

Entry requirements for students studying BTEC qualifications are dependent on subjects studied. Advice can be provided on an individual basis. Please email ugquery@essex.ac.uk for advice on acceptability

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£19,500 per year

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