MA English and American Literature

Explore the richness and diversity of English Literature from a wide range of periods, cultures, and genres. Strengthen your skills, develop your specialism and expand your critical and theoretical knowledge.

Why study English and American Literature with us

• Cutting-edge literary and theoretical study: You’ll work alongside world-leading researchers with expertise ranging from the medieval to the contemporary
• Teaching new literature and new theories: Explore diverse topics such as new modernist studies, indigenous literatures and decolonial knowledges, global writing and the environment, and the new Brexit novel.
• Make your voice heard: be at the forefront of debate in our lively, confident, and engaged research community
• Join a new generation of critical thinkers: develop your own critique of a culture in crisis and sharpen your critical language
• A vibrant academic community: As a postgraduate student in the School of Humanities, you’ll benefit from a lively, confident, and engaged research culture, sustained by a creative, cutting-edge intellectual community.