Master of Arts - English Literature
- 1 year
- Duration
- 17,750 GBP
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Master
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Oxford / United Kingdom
- Location
- Oxford Brookes University
- School
Program description
Investigate authors, formats, and genres to see where your love of books will lead you.
You will advance your interest in literature during this course. Everything from Elizabethan song lyrics to New York anecdotes will be covered.
You will think about important societal themes including gender, sexuality, and mental health through the lens of literature. You will come across fresh hobbies.
You will attend school in one of the most famous literary cities in the world. Major literary innovators have called Oxford home, including Lewis Carroll, Vera Brittain, and Monica Ali. And it appears in a plethora of books, from His Dark Materials to Brideshead Revisited.
One of the most significant literary collections in the world, the famed Bodleian Library, will be available to you.
Our alumni go on to a wide range of careers in different sectors, including:
- Teaching
- Publishing
- NGO/charity work
- Media Production
- the Creative Industries
Program structure
Year 1
- Critical Debates and Methods
Optional Modules
- 19th Century Literature and Culture (Pathway)
- General Literature Studies (Pathway)
- Early Modern Literature (Pathway)
- Modern and Contemporary Writing and Culture (Pathway)
- Romanticisms
- Victorian Texts: Visions and Revisions
- Spaces and Bodies in Early Modern English
- Shakespeare and his Afterlife
- Modern and Contemporary Fiction
- Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics
- Twentieth-Century Texts
- Twentieth-Century American Poetry
- Independent Study
Final Project
- Dissertation
Price
- Tuition Fee - 17,750 GBP
Requirements for applicants
Specific Entry Requirements
- An upper second-class honours degree, or its equivalent, in English Literature or a related subject
- A writing sample
English Language Requirements
- IELTS score of at least 7, with at least 6.0 in each element
About the university
The history of Oxford Brookes University spans more than 150 years. We began as a modest School of Art in rented classrooms and have expanded into one of the UK's top modern universities with a reputation for distinction in teaching and research on the local, national, and worldwide levels.
Our primary goal is to provide a top-notch educational experience that helps each of our graduates to be competent, self-assured, and prosperous. The standard of instruction students receive is an integral component of this.
Oxford Brookes works with a wide range of partners both domestically and internationally. Our connections are essential to improving our instruction, research, and information sharing. Additionally, they provide our students a wealth of placement, internship, and employment options.
In cooperation with our Associate College Partners as well as directly, we offer a variety of higher education and degree apprenticeships (ACPs).
