Course Overview
The MA in English Literary Studies is the Department's main taught MA in English Literature. We offer five different pathways specialising in a period or area of study:
- Creative Writing which combines critical approaches to writing with the practice of writing itself, including fiction and poetry
- Contemporary Literary Studies including Film and Media
- Early Modern Literature including Shakespeare and the Renaissance
- English Literary Studies. This is the most flexible pathway allowing study across a range of periods and subjects
- Literary and Cultural Studies which is taught with LICA and the Department of Sociology and explores contemporary debates in cultural theory
- Romantic and Victorian Literature which allows a non-rigid approach to genre boundaries
All pathways have core modules, to which can be added optional modules from the full range of modules. The generalist English Literary Studies is especially flexible, allowing a mix of genres and periods and also includes creative writing options, giving students a unique opportunity to study a creative-critical MA. Importantly, students can craft a pathway that suits them.
For modular information please visit our departmental page www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/english
