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MA Literary Studies

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    MA 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time

Course Description

This exciting, intellectually rigorous programme gives you the opportunity to develop the study of literature from a variety of perspectives through a number of flexible pathways.

The pathways you can take are: 

  • Pathway in American Literature & Culture 
  • Pathway in Comparative Literature & Criticism 
  • Pathway in Literature of the Caribbean & its Diasporas 
  • Pathway in Critical Theory 
  • Pathway in Modern Literature 
  • Pathway in Romantic & Victorian Literature & Culture 
  • Pathway in Shakespeare: Early & Modern 

These enable you to combine theoretical angles with the close reading of a wide range of texts, from different media (literary, filmic, visual), periods, and cultural, geographic and linguistic backgrounds – though all texts will be studied in English, in English translation, or with English subtitles. 

Entry Requirements

You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least upper second class standard in a relevant/related subject.

You might also be considered for some programmes if you aren’t a graduate or your degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate level.

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Programme Funding

Goldsmiths offers a range of financial support including postgraduate scholarships, bursaries and fee waivers. These are awarded based on a variety of criteria, for example academic achievements or personal circumstances.

Student Destinations

Graduates of this programme have gone on to pursue careers in:

  • publishing
  • journalism
  • public relations
  • teaching
  • advertising
  • the civil service
  • business
  • industry
  • the media

Module Details

Each of the seven pathways centres around a compulsory module which will ground you in the specific features of the period/region/theoretical discipline covered. 

Pathway in Comparative Literature & Criticism 

  • Studies in Comparative Literature & Criticism 

Pathway in Modern Literary Theory 

  • Theories of Literature & Culture 

Pathway in Modern Literature 

  • Modern Literary Movements 

Pathway in Literature of the Caribbean & its Diasporas 

  • Literature of the Caribbean & its Diasporas 

Pathway in American Literature & Culture 

  • American Literature & Culture: Critical & Theoretical Concepts 

Pathway in Romantic and Victorian Literature & Culture 

  • Nineteenth-Century Literature: Romanticisms 

Pathway in Shakespeare: Early & Modern 

  • Shakespeare and the Early Modern 

A Study Support Workshop will run a number of sessions throughout the year, including sessions on, for example, resources, essay-writing at Master’s level, planning and developing dissertation projects. 

You will also be able to take part in GLITS, the department’s weekly research seminar; in LINKS, the London Intercollegiate Network for Comparative Studies; and in the many activities organised by the Graduate School and other Goldsmiths departments. 

Option modules 

You will also choose three option modules from the wide range of options taught in the Department to reflect your own particular interests. You may also take the compulsory module of another pathway as one of your options. 

In addition, you also undertake a dissertation. 

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