Study Details: MA 1 year full-time,
2 years part-time
The MA in Global Literature and Culture is a wide-ranging exploration of the cultural manifestations of colonial conquest, national identities, anti-colonial resistance and post-colonial struggles.
You’ll have the opportunity to study these interconnected experiences from the beginnings of European imperialism to the present day. You can construct a distinct, individually chosen programme of study from a wide range of options all of which involve questions of culture, history and politics.
Taught and supervised by world-leading scholars, the course will develop your research skills which you’ll apply to a substantial piece of independent research. This will provide you with a foundation for doctoral research, as well as transferable skills for related careers in teaching, publishing, arts management and journalism.
You’ll engage with the wider research culture of the Department of English, one of the UK’s largest research centres in modern English, and there will be a diverse schedule of seminars, conferences and reading groups for you to attend. You’ll also be part of the Humanities Research Centre, a vibrant interdisciplinary hub which will enable you to form close social and intellectual bonds over the course of your study.
2:2 or equivalent. We will consider applications from students with lower qualifications, particularly if you have high marks in relevant modules or appropriate professional experience.
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Our postgraduates go into a wide variety of industries, from arts administration to law. Many alumni have also gone on to become successful novelists, poets and playwrights.
The core module introduces and explores theoretical debates in the field. Rather than take 'postcolonial' as an unproblematic term, you'll address the intellectual, aesthetic and material stakes involved in its deployment, and situates the term in relation to earlier anti-colonial and liberationist formulations. You'll also learn valuable skills in research, writing, reflection, presentation, publishing and career development.
Core modules
Debating Global Literary Culture, 1800 to the Present
Postgraduate Life in Practice
Option modules
You will also study three option modules. Examples can be found below. Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Imagining Muslims: Representation of Muslims in Britain
Chaucer, Arabic Learning, and the East
Writing Worlds: Power, Publishing & Resistance
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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