Modern and Contemporary Literature – MA

This course enables you to explore literature from the early twentieth century to the present.

It has three core modules • moderns and others • contemporary literatures • cutting edge: twenty-first century texts. These cover all the major modes of representation – realism, modernism and postmodernism. You study these modes both in their formal and in their socio-historical contexts. You also look at poetry and prose.

There is flexibility in the modules for you to pursue your own areas of interest within these broader topics. The course focuses on aspects of literature from modernism to whatever is contemporary at the time of teaching.

The module, research methods gives you all the necessary skills and up-to-date knowledge for researching and writing at postgraduate level. It is taught by a dedicated team of tutors who are experts in contemporary literature and theory.

The course helps you to develop professional critical and analytical skills that will be of interest to many employers. It also provides ideal preparation if you are looking to advance to PhD work.