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MA - Master of Arts
Strand Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
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MA - Master of Arts
Strand Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
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MA - Master of Arts
Strand Campus
Part Time
SEP-25
2 years
MA - Master of Arts
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Part Time
SEP-25
2 Years
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During this Modern Literature and Culture masters, youll encounter a broad range of nineteenth and twentieth-century literature and culture from Britain, North America and the English-speaking world. Youll get to study an eclectic array of texts and topics and to think across the period boundaries that restrict other courses. From the Victorian novel and Modernist poetics to early science fiction and postcolonial life writing, its possible to study almost any aspect of modern literature during this MA. Youll be taught by one of the oldest English departments in the country and be perfectly located to explore the citys rich literary history first-hand thanks to our unrivalled location in central London.
Course Essentials This Modern Literature and Culture MA presents a rare opportunity to study the literature and culture of both the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Youll strengthen your knowledge of canonical nineteenth- and twentieth-century authors such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Christina Rossetti, Henry James, W.E.B. DuBois, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf and Jean Rhys alongside lesser-known authors and movements. The inclusive literary approach of this Modern Literature and Culture masters means youll encounter texts in a wide array of forms and formats. Youll read novels, poetry and drama alongside Modernist magazines, Victorian periodicals, feminist zines and anticolonial manifestoes.
A minimum 2:1 undergraduate Bachelors (honours) degree
If you have a lower degree classification, or a degree in an unrelated subject, your application may be considered if you can demonstrate significant relevant work experience, or offer a related graduate qualification (such as a Masters or PGDip).
Bachelor's degree with 2:1 honours in English, or a subject in which English plays a significant part; other disciplines may be considered.
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£12,468 per year
Students from Domestic
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£27,996 per year
Students from EU
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£27,996 per year
Students from International
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