2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
MA Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Studies
| Programme code: | MA-PL&CS-FT | UCAS code: | |
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| Duration: | 12 Months | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Professor Graham Huggan | Contact address: | G.D.M.Huggan@leeds.ac.uk |
This programme is available to UK and EU applicants for part time study (over 2 academic years). Please contact pgtenglish@leeds.ac.uk for further information.
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
Good honours degree (First or 2:i or its equivalent) in English or Postcolonial Literature, or a degree scheme including English or Postcolonial 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 MA scheme is distinctive in being the most comprehensive of its kind within English departments in the UK. As such, it explores the diversity and richness of new writings in English from the five regions of the Commonwealth into which the postcolonial field is conventionally divided; and it examines the theoretical issues raised by colonial and postcolonial literatures.
A compulsory module provides an overview of the subject and option modules cover the literatures of South Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Canada, New Zealand and Australia as well as black British writing. Chosen research projects / dissertation projects must lay within the field of Postcolonial literary and cultural studies.
This distinctive programme allows students to develop an existing enthusiasm for the literatures from Commonwealth countries 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.
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[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| ENGL5841M | Studying English: Research Methods (NOT RUNNING IN 2021/22) | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL5842M | Research Project | 60 credits | 1 Feb to 30 Sep |
Optional modules:
Candidates must take a minimum of 60 credits and a maximum of 90 credits from the list of programme-specific option modules listed below and/or a maximum of 30 credits from the list of all available English modules.
| ENGL5105M | Caribbean and Black British Writing | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL5343M | Africas of the Mind | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL5737M | Postcolonialism, Animals and the Environment | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL5828M | Global Indigeneity | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Please note that this is an indicative module list. A different selection of modules is offered each year.
Elective modules:
Up to 30 credits of discovery modules may be taken (from outside the School of English, subject to availability).
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