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Master of English Literature

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General information

This postgraduate course aims to teach you the advanced study of a wide range of literature in English, from the early modern to the contemporary period. You will explore the diversity of literary and cultural heritage with the help of different subjects and classes.

The Masters programme in English Literature will provide students with a detailed and sophisticated understanding of English and related literature, and support students’ critical and creative engagement with issues of English literary studies.

Because the study is consecutive, the Masters degree in English Literature builds on your previous Bachelors degree and deepens the knowledge gained from this first qualification. The standard study period of this Master programme lasts one to two years.

Professional future with a Masters programme in English Literature

Upon completion of your Masters degree in English Literature you will be accredited the title Master of Arts. You can take employment in several fields:

  • Academic Research & Teaching
  • Adult Education
  • Cultural and linguistic institutions
  • Language interpretation
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The Master of English Literature is available at the following universities:

    study programmes     universities
comprehensive profile   Teacher Education in English / German / French   comprehensive profile   HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
comprehensive profile   Linguistics and Literary Studies   comprehensive profile   University of Antwerp
  English Studies   comprehensive profile   Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
  Teaching English as a Foreign Language     Lancaster University
  Applied Linguistics: TESOL     York St John University
  Arabic/English Translation     University of Leeds
  History of the British Isles     Birkbeck, University of London
  Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic     University of Cambridge
  English Literature     University of Glasgow
  Arts: English     University of Liverpool
  TESOL     University of South Wales
  Twentieth Century British History     University of Birmingham
  Gender and Women's Studies and English     Lancaster University
  Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching     University of Nottingham
  English Literature     Edge Hill University
  English Literature (MRes)     Northumbria University
  English Literature (Research)     University of Birmingham
  TESOL (Teacher Education)     University of Leeds
  English Studies     University of Exeter
  Applied Linguistics and TESOL     University of Portsmouth
  English Language and Literature     University of Huddersfield
  Welsh Politics and Society     Aberystwyth University
  Education - English Language     Liverpool Hope University
  Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching     Kingston University
  Greater Britain in the Twentieth Century     University of Dundee
  English     The Open University
  Historical Research     University of Hull
  English Literary Studies     University of Southampton
  Irish and Scottish Gaelic     Aberystwyth University
  English Literature (MLitt)     Newcastle University
  Intercultural Business Communication with TESOL     Edinburgh Napier University
  English Literature (Renaissance Pathway)     University of Leeds
  Medieval Studies     University of Lincoln
  English and American Literature     University of Kent
  Welsh     Swansea University
  TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages)     University College London
  Education - English Literature     Liverpool Hope University
  Welsh Writing in English     Swansea University
  English Language Teaching     University of Southampton
  ...     ...


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