MA in English Literature.

“This masters course offers exciting opportunities to engage with the latest

debates in english literature by exploring a stimulating range of genres, approaches, authors, and themes, stretching from the enlightenment to the present day. flexible and vibrant, it is designed to further your talents as readers, critical and reflective

scholars, and as communicators of knowledge at masters level and beyond.”

Dr Claudia CapancioniAcademic Coordinator for English

LocationBishop Grosseteste University Lincoln, UK

Modes of DeliveryTaught Full-Time (1 year)Taught Part-Time (2 years)

Entry RequirementsGood first degree (2:2 or above) in English or a relevant discipline.

FeesCurrent fees are available from the University website: www.bishopg.ac.uk/student/fees/

ApplicationsFor an application form, contact the admissions team: admissions@bishopg.ac.uk or +44 (0)1522 583658.

Course Overview

This taught MA offers an opportunity to deepen your passion for English literature through research-led modules that engage with new and emerging disciplinary frameworks and debates.Supported by a team of academic specialists, this MA creates a space for you to enhance your academic capabilities and enhance your professional futures.

Course Structure

Semester One (September to January)

Theorising Literature: Critical Frameworks(30 credits)

Literature in Time(15 credits)

Framing Genre(15 credits)

Semester Two (February to May)

The Dark Side of Literature(30 credits)

The Author in Focus(15 credits)

Thematic Threads(15 credits)

Semester Three (June to September)Dissertation (60 credits)

Full-Time & Part-TimeFull-time students will complete all modules (180 credits) in a single year.Part-time students will complete Theorising Literature, The Author in Focus & Thematic Threads in year one and Literature in Time, Framing Genre, The Dark Side of Literature, and a Dissertation in year two. A programme of key postgraduate research skills and practices will delivered across the two 30 credit modules and at the start of the Dissertation module.

Modules

Theorising Literature: Critical FrameworksThis module investigates recent and emerging critical frameworks, theories, and forms. Theoretical materials outlining each approach will be explored in relation to exemplary literary & other texts. Topics may include: Gender & Transgender; Body, Identity & Technology; Age Studies; Trauma & Testimony; Ethical Criticism.

The Dark Side of LiteratureThis module explores transgressive genres, topics and texts that have provoked controversy, debate and scandal. These works expose and challenge the dark, uneasy, and unexpected areas of human existence. This module will reflect upon the issue of identity, aesthetic norms and standards, psychological and pathological patterns, and terrifying and violent visions of society.

Literature in Time; Framing Genre; The Author in Focus; Thematic ThreadsThese specialist modules aim to reproduce different models of scholarship through author, genre, theme, and period-based study. Module content will reflect the research interests of the English team. Topics may include: the Bildungsroman, William Blake, Trauma Narratives, Life & Travel Writing, Tennyson, Contemporary Women’s Writing, Literature & Youth, the Fin-de-Siècle, Detective Fiction, and the Literature & Culture of the 1980s.

DissertationStudents will undertake an extended, independent research project on a topic of their choosing, supported by regular tutorial supervision.

Course Delivery

TeachingTeaching is in weekly small-group seminar sessions that combine expert commentary with vibrant critical discussion. Seminars are integrated with research and presentation tasks to ensure an atmosphere of active and collaborative learning. From academic support to online resources, students will experience BGU’s longstanding commitment to teaching excellence and student-centred pedagogy.

AssessmentModules are assessed by a variety of coursework tasks intended to develop advanced academic and communication skills. Typically, this will include written essays, formal presentations, and specialist research and collaborative

tasks. The dissertation module is your opportunity to undertake a substantial, independent research project. Assessment is supported by one-to-one consultations or supervisions.

CareersThis MA is preparation for professions that depend on advanced critical, literary and analytical skills (teaching, publishing or librarianship), and on sophisticated communication and research abilities (academia, journalism, librarianship, and professional writing). An MA in English need not result in a career specifically tied to the subject; it equips students with organisational, project-management, and interpersonal skills sought-after in sectors such as marketing, administration, leadership, and public relations.

Research

This MA is research-inspired. It is designed to capture contemporary disciplinary debates with research-led modules informed by the staff’s current interests, publications, and collaborative projects.

English literature has an established research culture and postgraduates will be invited to join our staff at regular literary events, workshops, and presentations. Students will be encouraged to participate in the English Research Seminar Series and other literary events, all of which will be scheduled to coincide with MA teaching days.

In the recent Research Excellence Framework (2014), 83% of the work submitted by English staff was judged to be of ‘international’ quality, including research that was deemed ‘world leading’ in its originality, significance and rigour.

English@BGU

English at BGU is based around a welcoming team of experienced, research-active lecturers who are passionate about the study of literature and the benefits it brings to both the individual and wider society. We offer a close and mutually supportive learning community that recognises, and responds to, the distinctive learning needs of every individual student.Through their research specialisms, English staff regularly contribute to the wider life of the academic subject as authors, editors, peer-reviewers, invited speakers, members of research networks and professional associations, as well as organising and attending international conferences, symposia and public literary events.

Contact UsFor further course information:Dr Claudia Capancioniclaudia.capancioni@bishopg.ac.uk+44 (0)1522 583740For a prospectus and information about entry requirements & fees:www.bishopg.ac.ukFor further information on how to apply: admissions@bishopg.ac.uk+44 (0)1522 583658

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Disclaimer: The University and writer have endeavoured to ensure the accuracy of all the information included in this booklet. While we intend to reflect the experience of studying English at BGU, we cannot undertake any obligation to provide courses and facilities precisely as detailed, and reserve the right to amend information, or to cancel, suspend or modify courses at any time.

English Staff

Dr Jon Begley: Twentieth & Twenty-First Century British & American literature; trauma literature & theory; postmodernism; Falklands War literature; the literature and culture of the 1980s.

Dr Claudia Capancioni: The long Nineteenth Century; Victorian literature; contemporary women’s writing; detective fiction; adaptation & intertextuality; travel & life writing.

Dr Alice Crossley: Nineteenth Century literature & print culture; masculinity & adolescence; the Victorian novel; George Meredith; W. M. Thackeray; Anthony Trollope; the Bildungsroman.

Dr Sibylle Erle: The long Nineteenth Century; William Blake; Character in the Romantic Period; 1790s politics; Johann Caspar Lavater & physiognomy; the Gothic; Reception Studies; Tennyson.