English Literature
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The Master Programme in English, specialising in English Literature you will study English literature in relation to such fields as transnationalism and migration studies, colonial and postcolonial identities, media and book history, the environmental and digital humanities, and cultural theory. Combining course work with research training, the programme gives you a broad understanding of its subject while you develop your own interests and advance as a researcher.WHY THIS PROGRAMME?The literature and culture of the English-speaking world continue to exert an incalculable influence in the present moment. The Master Programme in English, specialising in English Literature will allow you to explore in depth some of the most important texts in a body of cultural practices whose roots go back to the early modern period. It offers an opportunity to engage with the extraordinary variety of writing in English, which ranges from canonical landmark texts to the most recent and emergent of literary forms.The programme will introduce you to new critical and theoretical perspectives on this body of writing, and enable you to gain a deeper and broader perspective on issues relating to Anglophone literature and culture as well as to key debates within contemporary scholarship. These issues include questions of migration and borders, colonization and empire, race and ethnicity, environmentalism and media, and the transformation of literary and cultural practices.Our programme offers a first-rate foundation for research students, both from Sweden and abroad, who wish to reconsider literature’s role in the construction, interrogation and revision of a nation’s culture and identity. It is also an excellent preparation for students who wish to continue on to doctoral studies.During the programme you can expect to:gain a deep and broad perspective on issues which profoundly affect English literature as well as contemporary life and scholarshipcombine course work with research training and conducting your own research work in the form of a Master’s thesisThe specialisation in English Literature draws upon the research and teaching strengths of staff at the Department of English. You will have access to advanced-level teaching and research training in a wide range of aspects of English literature in a research-driven environment that will encourage your own development as an independent scholar.
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Uppsala
Uppsala County
751 26
Sweden
- 2 years
- Full Time
- On Campus Learning
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