* copies of the set texts
You will need to demonstrate through submission of written evidence your aptitude for the subject. A short essay on a topic agreed by the admissions tutor will normally suffice. If candidates have some distance to travel for interview a telephone or video call can be arranged.
Pursue your own intellectual interests and develop advanced critical thinking and literary analysis skills.
Research-active experts in their fields deliver the taught elements - small seminar groups enabling significant individual support and guidance.
A thorough knowledge of 19th century and 20th century texts and contexts, and specific units in Reading Ulysses, Literary Pilgrimages, and Children’s and Young Adult Literature allow you to reflect on significant historical, intellectual and philosophical debates.
Research Methods develops further skills necessary at postgraduate level.
Building on your interests, a final dissertation project allows you to conduct independent research in a topic of your choosing.
This course is distinctive for the interdisciplinary and innovative ways in which it allows you to pursue your own intellectual interests and to develop advanced skills of critical thinking and literary analysis.
It is structured so that you acquire a thorough knowledge of nineteenth and twentieth-century texts and contexts, undertaken in two 30 credit units, accompanied by a more thematically focused approach in three 15 credit units: Reading Ulysses, Literary Pilgrimages, and Children’s and Young Adult Literature
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Units
As a graduate of this course you will be equipped with skills which are invaluable for careers within the media and culture knowledge industries. On completing this course you could progress into the following areas: advertising and marketing; arts and heritage management; broadcasting; business; communication and public relations; education, either as a primary or a secondary school teacher; journalism; librarianship; or publishing.
Insurance-Single: 300 GBP/year
