MA English Literature: Victorian Literature at University of Liverpool

Whether you simply enjoy Victorian literature or are looking to prepare for PhD research in the future, the Victorian Literature MA pathway provides rigorous and comprehensive training in nineteenth-century literature and culture. Taught and studied in perhaps the best-preserved of all Victorian cities, Victorian studies at the University of Liverpool has a long history of combining a strong literary focus with a commitment to innovative critical techniques and interdisciplinary study. On this MA pathway, you will look at topics as diverse as the Victorian supernatural, the way the Victorians imagined the end of the world, the reinvention of the medieval in the Victorian period (the same reinvention that is still embodied in so much of Liverpool’s nineteenth-century architecture), Victorian thinking about murder and serious crime, and what literature in the Victorian period meant to readers at the time, and the wide variety of meanings it might have for us now.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time also available  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students opting for the Victorian Literature pathway are expected to take 30 credits of pathway-specific required modules and at least 30 credits of optional modules from their chosen pathway, in addition to the 90 credits of required English research modules (ENGL700, ENGL701 and ENGL702). If a student wishes, and with agreement of the pathway director, up to 30 credits of modules (normally no more than 15 credits in any given semester) may be taken from other pathways within the English module list of from the wider Faculty list. Compulsory modules in semester one include Research Skills and Practice, Victorian Gothic, Victorian Apocalypse.

Career pathways

The MA is particularly suitable for graduates looking to pursue careers in the arts, culture, creative and heritage sectors, including journalism, copywriting, management in arts and culture organisations and teaching.

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