Literature postgraduate degrees in Northern Ireland

2 universities offer 3 postgraduate courses. To get the best results for postgraduate literature degrees, enter your predicted grades.

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Queen's University Belfast

2 literature courses NORTHERN IRELAND
Subject ranking: 32nd
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WUSCA ranking: 3th
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What students say about literature

I love how central it is to Belfast making it really easy to get to and from. The campus itself is beautiful with some brilliant facilities such as the library, study spaces and coffee shops. I think the students union is very modern and has a welcoming atmosphere. My favourite campus is the business school where I spend most of my time.

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Modules
Year 1
  • A Space for Radical Openness? Writing the Margins in Twentieth-Century British and Irish Literature
  • Adapting the Literary Text
  • African Fiction: Race, Rites and Religion
  • America?s Aftermaths
  • Contemporary Literature in Crisis
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PgDip English - Poetry
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Year 1
  • Reading and Writing Poetry
  • Structure and Serendipity
  • The Poetry Collection
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Ulster University

1 literature courses NORTHERN IRELAND
Subject ranking: 72nd
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WUSCA ranking: 30th
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Overall Ulster University provides a great space for learning both inside and outside lectures, with amazing student support and a wonderful campus in Belfast that provides plenty of facilities and areas for students

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English Literature MA
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Year 1
  • Critical Theory and Research Methods
  • Debates in Modern English Literary Studies
  • Themes in Irish Writing In English
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