MA English and American Literature at University of Kent

A one-year MA at Kent's School of English covering literatures and cultures from Britain to the Americas and across the world, from the birth of the novel to the contemporary, including Cold War literature, postcolonial writing and literature in political activism. Teaching is through small seminars, one-to-one supervisions, lectures and research presentations.

Department: School of English  |  Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time or part-time (Canterbury)  |  Location: Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Compulsory modules: Advanced Research and Theory, and Writing the Self in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Literary Cultures. Optional modules include Empire and After: The Text and the World, Global Modernisms, Activism and Adaptation, Post45: American Literature and Culture in the Cold War Era, and The Novel from Defoe to the Contemporary.

Career pathways

Provides the skills to progress to a PhD and an academic career; graduates also work in journalism, publishing, broadcasting, teaching, banking, marketing and project management.

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