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Lancaster University| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA | Full-time, Part-time | 1 - 2 year | find out | find out | find out |
Why Lancaster?
This degree provides a rare opportunity to develop both your critical and creative writing at Master's level, and indeed to explore, if you wish, radical fusions of these two modes.
You will take two in-common modules in Research Methods, developing your understanding of the many ways that literature works both within the academy and beyond. In addition, you will select two modules in English Literary Studies, and two modules in Creative Writing. You will also complete an English Literary Studies dissertation which could, if you wish, fuse critical and creative writing.
Acts of reading
Literary Studies at Lancaster means not only a deep and close engagement with literature itself but the opportunity, if you wish, to explore how literature opens onto many other worlds – politics, ecology, philosophy, psychology, theology, film, and fashion, etc. To support this, you can if you wish take one a module from outside of the Department -- in, say, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Politics, Sociology or Film Studies (subject to availability).
Supportive community
You will be taught in weekly small-group seminars, and have regular one-to-one tutorials with a supervisor when working on your Dissertation, a long-form project exploring a topic of your own choosing – this could be a traditional scholarly work, or creative-critical, or indeed a study of how literature works in the world(s) outside the university.
We also encourage you to meet in person with all your tutors to discuss your work. And you will have an academic advisor who you meet to review your progress.
Literary Community
Many of our special literary events, such as talks from visiting scholars and authors, take place in the Castle Quarter, with the Department’s October Lecture and May Gathering being usually held at Lancaster’s ancient Priory. In addition, we have a unique partnership with the archive-rich Wordsworth Museum at Grasmere, which includes internships, an annual study retreat day, and free entry at any time of the year.
Department Bursaries and Prizes
Thanks to a generous endowment, the Department is able to offer:
Libraries
You will have access to a rich array of libraries, archives and special collections, enabling you not only to develop as a critic or author but also, if you wish, to develop skills relating to work as an archivist, librarian, or curator.
Contact Lancaster University to find course entry requirements.
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