Masters Degree Description
At Nottingham, we go beyond a love of books.
Here, you will study in the city that was home to Lord Byron, DH Lawrence and Alan Sillitoe. You also have the opportunity to explore a diverse range of writers from further afield and across time, such as:
- Emily Dickinson
- Katherine Philips
- Ali Smith
- Samuel Beckett
- Virginia Woolf
- James Kelman
- JG Farrell
- Zadie Smith
- Mulk Raj Anand
- Raman Mundair
- Jennifer Makumbi
- Linton Kwesi Johnson
- Leila Fuad Aboulela
Entry Requirements
2:1 (or international equivalent) in English language/literature or a related arts or humanities subject
Fees
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Student Destinations
The skills gained during this degree stand our graduates in good stead in areas from publishing to the heritage sector, and from marketing to academia.
You will also gain a range of transferable skills, including:
- collating information
- writing persuasively
- managing deadlines
- balancing creative and analytical thinking
Module Details
Core Modules
- English Studies MA Dissertation
Optional Modules
Students must choose one from:
- Arts in Society
- Mastering the Arts
Over the autumn and spring semesters, you will take a minimum of 20 credits (one module) from two areas of study listed below. The remaining 60 credits (three modules) can be chosen from all modules on offer.
English Language and Applied Linguistics modules: (20 credits each)
- Business and Organisational Communication
- Cognition and Literature
- Consciousness in Fiction
- English Vocabulary: Teaching and Learning
- Group Dynamics and Motivation in the Language Classroom
- Intercultural Communication20 credits
- Language, Gender and Sexuality
- Language Teaching: Speaking and Listening
- Psychology of Language
- Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
- Research Methods: Corpus Linguistics
- Second Language Acquisition
- Sociolinguistics of Work20 credits
- The Teaching of Language and Literature
Drama and Creative Writing modules: (20 credits each)
- Creative Writing Conventions and Techniques
- Learning to Publish: Contemporary Forms and Practices
- Learning to Read: Criticism for Creative Writers
- Riotous Performance: Drama, Disruption and Protest
- Shakespeare: Text, Stage and Screen
- Writing Workshop: Fiction
- Writing Workshop: Poetry
Literature:1500 - The Present modules: (20 credits each)
- Literary Histories
- Literature in Britain Since 1950
- Modernism and the Avant-Garde in Literature and Drama
- Place, Region, Empire
- Poetry: Best words, Best Order
- Speculative Fictions
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