Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2017 | Page 60

Postgraduate Prospectus 2017 English Literatures Key Information Overview The MA in English Literatures provides a structured learning environment and a 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 and from a full research training programme offered to all our Humanities master’s students. The master’s programme aims to enable you to: • Engage in wide and varied reading among 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 • 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 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 Indicative modules • • • • • • • • • • • • • Research Skills in the Humanities Reflective Practice in the Humanities Criticism, Analysis, Theory Canon, Anti-Canon, Context Postcolonial and World Literature in English Victorian Culture and Context Shakespearean Stages: Advanced Studies in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries 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 (Please note that not all modules run every year, and that other options not listed here may also become available) Did you 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. For more information please visit keele.ac.uk/pg/englishliteratures 60 Course type MA Mode of study Full-time or part-time Indicative entry requirements 2:1 in English Literature. For a list of full entry requirements please visit www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses Contact email postgraduate.humanities@ keele.ac.uk