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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,046 ≈ € 11,300 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Leicester / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | ||
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| Languages: | English | ||
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This programme aims to combine an intensive introduction to the range of modern literary and cultural theory with detailed examination of individual writers, texts and issues. Students will develop in-depth knowledge of literature and ideas of the twentieth century, command of methodologies for understanding and analysing them, and will acquire, among others, the research skills of independent scholarly enquiry and information retrieval.
Course modules * Modern Literature and Theory, including the study of an author (Muriel Spark), a decade (The 1940s), a movement (Modernism) and a genre (AIDS Literature), plus Post-Colonial Literature, and Trauma, Theory and Fiction.
* Two Special Subjects:
Semester 1: Literature and Gender or Writing Fiction;
Semester 2: Literature and Exile or Poetry Writing and Contemporary Poetry.
* Bibliography, Research Methods and Writing Skills
* Dissertation
Contents
Teaching and assessment methodsThe dissertation (maximum 20,000 words) is individually supervised and separately assessed. All other modules are taught by diverse methods in seminars or tutorial groups. The two core modules are assessed either by two essays of 2,500 words each or one of 5,000-words. The two special subject modules are each assessed by a 3,000-word essay.
Students have the opportunity to graduate with an MA in Modern Literature and Creative Writing by taking both creative special subjects and writing a creative dissertation.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Entry RequirementsNormally a good second class honours degree or its equivalent.
English Language Requirements
Applicants whose first language is not English, and who have not lived in a country where the first language is English for at least three years immediately before the start of their course, need to satisfy the University´s English language requirement.
* From students who take IELTS (the British Council´s International English Language Testing System), we look for an overall score of 6.0 or above for courses in Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Geography, Geology, Mathematics and Physics and Astronomy, and 6.5 or above for all other courses.
* From students who take TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), we look for 575/233/90* or above for courses in Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Geography, Geology, Mathematics and Physics and Astronomy, and 600/250/100* for all other courses. (*Scores for paper-based/computer-based/internet-based versions of TOEFL)
As well as the internationally-known IELTS and TOEFL tests, the University also accepts many other English language qualifications.
The English Language Programme for International Students
If you do not yet meet our English requirements we can help you to improve your English to the necessary standard. The University´s English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers a range of courses to help campus-based students with the English you need for your studies.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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