MA in English Literature: Provisional module selection 2025/26- part time students

Course Structure

Year 1

Autumn term:

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

Spring term:

• 1 x 30 CAT module, assessed by coursework

Core Module - A Critical Theory module must be selected:

Critical Theory Today

Fundamentals of World Literature

Critical Environments

Feminist Literary Theory

Year 2 (You will apply for your 2026/27 modules in September 2026- Available modules are subject to change each academic year)

Autumn term:

• 1 x 30 CAT module, assessed by coursework

 Spring term:

• 1 x 30 CAT module, 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

 

From 2025/26 choose a module from the following list:

Term 1 Modules:

Research Methods

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)

EN9ZE - Critical Environments (Priority to MA In Environmental Humanities Students)

EN926- British Dramatist in Society

EN985 - Development of English Drama 1558-1642

Term 2 Modules:

EN9B5 - World Literature in the Anthropocene

EN913 - Feminist Literary Theory

EN9C2- Literature and LifecourseLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window

EN9B8- Queer Theory and PraxisLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window

EN9ZF- Shakespeare in HistoryLink opens in a new window

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