Study Details: MA 1 year full-time,
2 years part-time
Find your own path through the literary and cultural history of the period. Develop an understanding of the engagement of Romantic writing with a range of political, social and aesthetic issues in the period.
You’ll investigate the cultural meanings and associations of the variety of styles and genres in which Romantic writing was produced, and study a range of different critical perspectives on Romantic literature.
You’ll engage with the wider research culture of the Department of English and Related Literature, one of the UK’s largest research centres in modern English, and the interdisciplinary Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies. 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.
You can investigate contemporary issues such as:
accounts of revolution
the place of women writers
the role of periodicals as a cultural medium
the importance of ideas of Empire and the Orient
the representation of landscape
Romantic aesthetic theory and poetic practice
You'll be introduced to key voices and themes from the Romantic period. Taught by scholars who specialise in the period, our seminars will explore some of the literary conversations, debates, hopes and disappointments which were produced by this age of revolution and innovation. You'll also learn valuable research, writing and presentation skills. Topics may include using library and online research resources, use of archives, academic writing and how to get work published.
Core modules
Romantic Texts and Contexts
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.
Romantic Texts and Contexts
Wollstonecraft to Jane Austen: Femininity and Literary Culture
The Comedy of Difference: Britishness and Otherness, 1775-1850
Literature, Medicine, and Metropolis, 1785-1850
Representing the City, 1750-1850
Can the Madwoman Escape the Attic?: Race, Slavery and Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Transforming Worlds: The Interdisciplinary Eighteenth Century
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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