Part Time Masters Degrees in United States Literature

Please note MA American Literatures has been temporarily suspended for the academic year 2023-2024. Gain a rich understanding of the variety and interconnections of American writing, exploring major poetic, fictional, non-fictional and dramatic works. Read more

Opportunity to develop specialist research interests via nine flexible ‘pathways’ Develop an enhanced understanding of literature and media in their historical… 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

This MA Critical Theory gives you the opportunity to explore the provocations of various waves of critical theory in relation to culture. Read more

Our department offers a distinctively comparative approach to the study of literature; at Essex you don't just study English literature, you study  world literature in English. Read more

Understanding America in the 21st century is more essential than ever. Read more

Study the cultural meanings and associations of the various styles, genres and mediums in which English literature is produced. Read more

Staff supervise research in most areas of English and associated studies, and have expertise in the following areas: theory, modernism and postmodernism, 18th and 19th-century studies, women’s writing, literature and visual arts, Shakespeare and the Renaissance, early modern literature and culture, medieval studies, American literature, postcolonial literature and modern poetry. 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

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

Our MA Modern and Contemporary Literature master's course offers an opportunity to become part of an exciting, intellectual group of researchers working in 20th and 21st century literature, culture and theory. Read more

This pathway of the MA Literary Studies aims to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the literature that has sought to define or has emerged from 'America'. Read more