Search
Did you study here?
Write a short review & help students like you! Over 1,500 students already shared their experience.
| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,313 - ≈ € 14,088 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
| Educational Form: |
| ||
| Education Variants: |
| ||
| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
The Department of English at Birmingham is one of the largest in the UK with around 800 undergraduates, 300 postgraduates and 75 teaching, research and administrative staff. It has an excellent research and teaching record and offers expert postgraduate supervision across the historical and conceptual range of English language and literature.
The new MA in English Literature draws on the extensive international research expertise of the English Department. It develops students' critical skills in the field of English literary studies, provides a solid grounding in the key intellectual debates on a range of period and context specialisms, and develops skills required for writing a research thesis.
Alongside a core module in literary research methods, students select two sets of linked modules (four modules in total) from a number of taught modules covering a variety of authors and themes from the medieval period to the 20th century. Each module is examined by a 4,000-word dissertation.
Contents
Alongside a core module in literary research methods, students select two sets of linked modules (four modules in total) from a number of taught modules covering a variety of authors and themes from the medieval period to the 20th century. Each module is examined by a 4,000-word essay.
The modules are:
* Topics in Medieval Texts, Cultures and Societies, and Medieval Studies Research: Theories and Practices
* Two modules chosen from the MA in Shakespeare Studies Writing Revolutions: Politics, Publics and Professionalism in Literary Culture, 1500–1700 and 1700–1832
* Victorian Modernity, and Modernism
* Contemporary Literary Cultures: Politics
* Contemporary Literary Cultures: Performance
* Film, Theory, Politics (Semester 1)
* Narrative Analysis in Fiction and Film (Semester 2)
The supervised dissertation (12,000 words) is written over the summer period.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
We welcome applications from candidates with a good Honours degree in English, or its equivalent, to work for PhD or MPhil degrees in all the principal areas of English Literature and Modern English Language.
* IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band.
* TOEFL 580 Paper- based test / 237 Computer-based test.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
Ask a Question
You can contact Andrzej Gasiorek to ask a question about English Literature at University of Birmingham.
Relevant Links
Contact
Contact University of Birmingham
Using the form on this page, you can directly ask questions to the contactpersons at the university.
Fill out your contact information and message. The information you fill out in this form will be sent directly to the university. They will reply to you on the e-mail address you provide here.
Explain your academic background in the message; the more sophisticated your e-mail, the better the answer.
MastersPortal.eu cannot take any responsibility for the answering of contacts or for the content of their replies.
MastersPortal.eu - Finds the Masters for you!