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Literature, Culture and Society – (M.A.)
University of Glamorgan
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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,750 - ≈ € 13,720 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Pontypridd / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Glamorgan
The MA in Literature, Culture and Society offers tuition in modern literary studies, ranging from the late 18th century to the present.
Essential Info
You can choose from a list of modules that explore the rich interconnections between literature, social history and other cultural forms, and develop the skills for further postgraduate research in literature. The course draws on existing staff expertise, with particular emphasis on 20th century literature, Welsh writing in English, women’s writing and Gothic studies.
Possible Career Options
During this course, you will gain a wide range of skills and attributes demanded by most professional employers. Common career paths from an English-based postgraduate course such as this include a range of research posts, media and journalism, teaching, marketing and advertising. This award also offers an excellent basis for further literary-critical research at MPhil and PhD level.
Contents
What You Will Study
On the MA Literature, Culture and Society, you will study Researching Literature, a compulsory module on research skills, and choose four modules from a list of options. If you wish, this could include one or two modules from our MA Gothic Studies programme.
Module options include:
* Nation and Identity in 20th Century and Contemporary Welsh Fiction
* Writing as Revision: Post-war Women’s Fiction
* Contemporary British Poetries
* Becoming Modern: Early 20th Century British Writing
* Welsh Women Writing in English: 1850-2000
* Work Project in Literature (special independent study option available to practising teachers of English)
* Independent Study
Gothic modules:
* Science and the Gothic: 1800-2000
* The Gothic Sublime: Studies in Modernity
* Murderers and Degenerates: Discourses of Urban Perversity at the fin de sicle
* Transformations of the Gothic: Victorian Genre Fiction
* Female Gothic Histories
* Thrilling the Audience
How You Will Study
You will learn in small seminar groups, with plenty of opportunity to participate in discussions and lead sessions. Researching Literature is taught in 24 one-hour seminars over the year and optional modules are taught in weekly, two-hour seminars over 12 weeks. Each module is continuously assessed, which involves writing essays or projects. The MA award is dependent on your submission of a dissertation between 15,000 and 20,000 words, which is a substantial piece of research under the close supervision of a member of staff who has research interests in your chosen area of study.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
A minimum 2:1 Honours degree in English literature, or a related degree that has included the detailed study of English literary texts, eg, cultural studies, combined studies, humanities, theatre studies or womens studies, or a joint degree including English.
Applicants for whom English is not their first language are required to have an IELTS score of 8.0. Admission to this award is at the discretion of the Award Leader and may be dependent upon a successful interview.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 8.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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