Course Structure

Autumn term:

• Research Methods - we will automatically allocate you to this so you do not need to apply
• 2 x 30 CAT modules, each assessed by coursework

 Spring term:

• 2 x 30 CAT modules, each assessed by coursework

 Spring/Summer terms:

• 60 CATS - 16,000 word dissertation – EN956 - we will automatically allocate you to this, so you do not need to apply

Core Module - Any Critical Theory module

From 2023/24 choose a module from the following list:

Term 1 Modules:

EN913 - Feminist Literary Theory

EN935 - Shakespeare in History

EN942 - Fundamentals of World Literature (Priority to MA in World Literature Students)

EN9A7 - Drama and Performance Theory (Priority to MA in English and Drama Students)

EN9C1 - Critical Theory Today (Priority to MA in Critical and Cultural Theory Students)

EN9A3 - The Caribbean: Reading the World-Ecology

EN968 - Marxism and Modernity

EN9ZE - Critical Environments

Term 2 Modules:

EN9C8 - Early Modern Ecologies

EN938 - Theory from the Margins: Postcolonialism and the Radical Tradition

EN9D1 - Yiddish Women in World Literature

EN963 - Petrofiction: Studies in World Literature

EN985 - The Development of English Drama 1558 - 1642

EN9B5 - World Literature in the Anthropocene

EN9B8 - Queer Theory and Praxis

You can take one 30 CATS module from outside of the department, including the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL).