Masters Degrees in United States Literature

The MPhil in American Literature will consist of an intensive foundation course, taught in the Michaelmas term by a team of specialists, which combines detailed attention to specified primary texts with broader investigations into the conceptual, theoretical, and cultural parameters of the literary history of the United States. Read more

Gain a rich understanding of the variety and interconnections of American writing, exploring major poetic, fictional, non-fictional and dramatic works. Read more

This MA programme allows you to take your study of Anglophone American literature to the next level. Read more

Overview American Studies allows you to understand the United States from a literary and historical perspective. On this course, you’ll study landmark historical events, novels, films, comic books, photographs and paintings. Read more

The MA by Research in American Studies gives you an opportunity to develop your research interests in the history, politics, literature and/or culture of the United States in a supportive environment, with the guidance of a supervisor who is an expert in their field. Read more

An MA by Research in American Studies at Swansea enables you to undertake a substantial project led by your own passions and interests.  A research degree in American Studies represents a highly respected qualification which can present a pathway to a career in academia or widen your scope for employment in fields such as education, government or the private sector. Read more

You will become an increasingly independent writer and researcher, taking more of a lead in your seminar discussions than you may have at Undergraduate level. Read more

Eight flexible pathways and a broad range of modules. Valued by employers for the combination of communication and analytical skills it fosters, specifically an enhanced understanding of literature and media in their historical and cultural contexts. Read more

Our MA English and American Studies postgraduate taught course prepares you for further research in the discipline while also broadening and deepening your critical engagement with English and American literature and culture. Read more

Our MA Modern and Contemporary Literature begins with an investigation of literary and theoretical conceptions of modernity in early twentieth-century literature, focusing on topics such as urbanisation, technology, mass culture, individualism and subjectivity. Read more

The English and American Literature MA allows you to choose from the full range of our MA literature modules. Our postgraduate degree allows you to explore the richness of English Literature from a wide range of historical periods, cultures and genres, and empowers you to strengthen and expand your own interests. Read more

Studying at Kent’s Paris School of Arts and Culture, you are part of an interdisciplinary postgraduate community. With a choice of modules inspired by Paris and its unique cultural history, you have the opportunity to take modules in areas such as art and film alongside your literature modules. Read more

The Department of English, General Literature and Rhetoric offers students the opportunity to study literature and language in their many manifestations. Read more

We offer MPhil and PhD research programmes in English (including American Studies), Comparative Literature or Linguistics for full or part-time study. Read more

The Royal Holloway MA in Holocaust Studies is unique; not only are we the only university in the UK to run an MA course solely dedicated to the field of Holocaust Studies but the Royal Holloway Holocaust Research Institute  is the leading academic centre of its kind in Europe. Read more