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2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MA English Literature (Part-Time)

Programme code:MA-ENGLIT-PTUCAS code:
Duration:24 Months Method of Attendance: Part Time
Programme manager:Dr David Higgins Contact address:D.Higgins@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Good honours degree (First or 2:i or its equivalent) in English Literature, or a degree scheme including English Literature, or in a related subject.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of English

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of English

Programme specification:

This is one of the longest-established and best-recruiting taught MA programmes in English Literature.

The programme provides students with the opportunity to study English Literature at postgraduate level. Students select from a wide variety of specialist options reflecting the historical and geographical range of literature in English. Areas in which the School is particularly strong include Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and Contemporary Literature, as well as Postcolonial Studies, American Literature and Culture, and Creative Writing. Students will be able to draw on the exceptional richness and diversity of expertise and the wide range of intellectual and social activities available within one of the largest and most successful Schools of English in the country.

Students write a research project / dissertation on a subject of their choice (within any area of English Literature) with the assistance of specialist supervision and the research resources of the University's Brotherton Library.

This distinctive programme allows students to develop an existing enthusiasm for English Literature and to explore further those areas of the subject which may not have figured significantly in their undergraduate programme. It affords an excellent platform for work at doctoral level.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Candidates will be required to study 180 credits in total over 2 years.

Compulsory modules:

Students are required to study the following compulsory module:

ENGL5841MStudying English: Research Methods (NOT RUNNING IN 2021/22)30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules. Not all optional modules will be on offer in any given year.

ENGL5105MCaribbean and Black British Writing30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5117MRomantic Identities: Literary Constructions of the Self, 1789-182130 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5217MArthurian Legend: Medieval to Modern30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5343MAfricas of the Mind30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5345MReading (with) Psychoanalysis30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5346MSo Where do you come from? Selves, Families, Stories30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5722MWriting about Death in Nineteenth-Century America30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5737MPostcolonialism, Animals and the Environment30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5760MThe Enigmatic Body of Modernism30 creditsNot running in 201920
ENGL5817MShakespeare's Tyrants30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5828MGlobal Indigeneity30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5830MApprentices to Life: The Nineteenth-Century Bildungsroman30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5831MFeeling Time30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5833MThe Magic of Mimesis30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5834MRomantic Ecologies30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5836MTurks, Moors, and Jews: Staging the Exotic in the Renaissance30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5839MImperial Masculinities: Late-Victorian Romance Fiction30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5845MWriting Identities: Criticism, Creativity, Practice30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5847MWar, Mourning, Memory: 1914-193930 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5850MCulture and Anarchy: 1945-196830 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Please note that this is an indicative module list. A different selection of modules is offered each year.

Elective modules:

With permission from the Programme Co-ordinator, 30 credits (out of the total 180) in either Year 1 or in Year 2, may be taken from those available in another department


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Candidates will be required to study 180 credits in total over 2 years.

Compulsory modules:

ENGL5842MResearch Project60 credits1 Feb to 30 Sep

Optional modules:

Students are required to study 60 credits from the following list of optional modules. Not all modules will be on offer in any given year.

ENGL5105MCaribbean and Black British Writing30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5117MRomantic Identities: Literary Constructions of the Self, 1789-182130 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5217MArthurian Legend: Medieval to Modern30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5343MAfricas of the Mind30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5345MReading (with) Psychoanalysis30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5346MSo Where do you come from? Selves, Families, Stories30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5722MWriting about Death in Nineteenth-Century America30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5737MPostcolonialism, Animals and the Environment30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5760MThe Enigmatic Body of Modernism30 creditsNot running in 201920
ENGL5817MShakespeare's Tyrants30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5828MGlobal Indigeneity30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5830MApprentices to Life: The Nineteenth-Century Bildungsroman30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5831MFeeling Time30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5833MThe Magic of Mimesis30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5834MRomantic Ecologies30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5836MTurks, Moors, and Jews: Staging the Exotic in the Renaissance30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5839MImperial Masculinities: Late-Victorian Romance Fiction30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5845MWriting Identities: Criticism, Creativity, Practice30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL5847MWar, Mourning, Memory: 1914-193930 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL5850MCulture and Anarchy: 1945-196830 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Please note that this is an indicative module list. A different selection of modules is offered each year.

Elective modules:

With permission from the Programme Co-ordinator, 30 credits (out of the total 180) in either Year 1 or in Year 2, may be taken from those available in another department

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