Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 37

Overview The MA in English Literatures provides a structured learning environment and a wide choice of modules, including core modules and elective modules drawn from research led teaching. You will benefit from expert dissertation supervision in a wide variety of English and American literary topics. You will also have the full research training programme offered as part of the MRes Humanities. Additional information The master’s programme aims to enable you to: • Engage in wide and varied reading among the regional and global varieties of literature and literary criticism • Think both critically and creatively about literature in English • Assess the form and meaning of literary and filmic texts • Develop your understanding of the characteristics of key literary genres (prose fiction, poetry, and drama) and periods (post 1500) and of the principles of canonisation that elevate and marginalise texts and their authors Module titles Key Information Course type The following is a list of indicative elective modules: MA • Research Skills in the Humanities Full-time or part-time • Reflective Practice in the Humanities • Criticism, Analysis, Theory • Canon, Anti-Canon, Context • Postcolonial and World Literature in English • (Victorian) Culture and Context • James Joyce’s Ulysses • Shakespearean Stages: Advanced Studies in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries HUMANITIES English Literatures Mode of study Entry requirements Applicants typically require an upper second-class honours degree (2.1 or above) or an overseas equivalent, in English Literature. Contact email postgraduate. [email protected] • Romantic Voices • The Canadian Metropolis • Wild Woods and Wide Worlds: British and American Children’s Fiction • Contemporary American Fiction • Words and Pictures: The American Graphic Novel • Dissertation • Understand, evaluate and apply to literary texts a range of critical ideas and theories relevant to textual criticism • Communicate ideas and arguments with clarity and care in a number of different forms • Work both constructively and critically, by yourself and as part of a team, to deliver specific projects • Develop research skills commensurate with postgraduate study in the field of English literary studies www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses/englishliteratures Good to know Students on the MA in English Literatures are taught in small groups by dedicated and enthusiastic staff all of whom are experts in their research areas. 37