MLitt in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture

The MLitt in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture enhances students' knowledge and thinking about the key texts, contexts and theories that have shaped literature and culture from 1900 to the present. The MLitt in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture is an intensive one-year taught programme run by the School of English. The course aims to enhance students' textual knowledge and promote thinking about the interconnections between modern and contemporary literature and its historical, cultural and theoretical contexts.Students will read and discuss some of the major texts and debates which have contributed to the shaping of the modernist, postmodern and contemporary cultural moments.The MLitt is aimed at those interested in modern and contemporary literature, in the acquisition of a taught postgraduate qualification, and in the possibility of moving towards a PhD.

A 2.1 Honours undergraduate degree in a subject-related area. If you studied your first degree outside the UK.

Application requirements

Supplementary application to School of English (Word)
CV
sample ofyour own, single-authored academic writing on a modern or contemporary topic (approximately 2,000 words)
two original signed academic references (on university headed paper) from your most recent degree awarding institution
academic transcripts and degree certificates

IELTS - overall score 8.0 with component scores (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking) 8.0.
TOEFL iBT - overall score 110 with component scores (Listening- 28,Reading- 29,Writing- 30,Speaking- 26)