Gain a rich understanding of the variety and interconnections of American writing, exploring major poetic, fictional, non-fictional and dramatic works. You will read from the cannon of American literature, as well as texts that are topical and contemporary.
At Essex, we challenge the study of the United States as a territorially bound space by embracing an expanded conception of ‘America’, which explores the richness of U.S. and Caribbean literatures in dialogue. This allows you to formulate sophisticated analyses of the role of space and place in the production of American writing and identities.
You explore how cultural geography may be integrated into literary history, concentrating on American literatures topics including:
How violence and conflict have shaped writing across the American tropics
The difference between reality and the “American Dream”
Caribbean modernity’s and post-colonialism
US nationalism and regionalism in literature
African American literature
We are ranked among the top 200 departments in the QS World University Rankings (2019).
Your future
A good literature degree opens many doors.
We offer supervision for PhD, MPhil, and MA by dissertation in different literatures and various approaches to literature, covering most aspects of early modern and modern writing in English, plus a number of other languages.
Our university is one of only 11 AHRC-accredited Doctoral Training Centres in the UK. This means that we offer funded PhD studentships which also provide a range of research and training opportunities.
Several our Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies graduates have gone on to undertake successful careers as writers, and others are now established as scholars, university lecturers, teachers, publishers, publishers’ editors, journalists, arts administrators, theatre artistic directors, drama advisers, and translators.
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MA American Literatures
About Program
Syarat Pendaftaran
- English Language Proficiency
- TOEFL : 88 (with minimum component scores: listening 17, reading 18, writing 17, and speaking 20)
- IELTS : 7 (with a minimum of 6.5 in each component)
- Academic Score/Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree : 2.5 (with 2.50 or above from Bachelor degree)
Documents
Jenjang Pendidikan
Master Degree (S2)
Jurusan
Languange and Literatures
Masa Studi
Full Time (1 year)
Biaya Pendidikan
GBP 20,700/tahun
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Profil
We are Essex: home to the daring and the tenacious, a place for the ambitious and the bold. We’re a close-knit, supportive and welcoming community, with a powerful and pioneering global outlook.
We are top 30 in the UK (The Complete University Guide 2022).
With over 15,500 students from more than 140 different countries, making us one of the most internationally diverse universities on the planet – you’ll find the world in one place here at Essex. We’re proud to have provided excellence in research and excellence in education for over 50 years.
At Essex, you’re taught by world-leading academics in a support and research-intensive environment. Our trailblazing research continues to change the world for the better and we are ranked 25th in the UK for research quality (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021).
Whether you study in the beautiful historic parkland of our Colchester Campus, the bustling lively town centre of Southend-on-Sea, or in our stately home at Loughton, this is your chance to become a member of one of the happiest groups of students around. The flexibility of our courses gives you the power to pursue the things that matter to you. Now’s your chance to join Nobel Prize-winners, award-winning directors, presidents, well-loved actors, astronauts and over 100,000 other alumni who have gone on to shape the world and share their Essex spirit.
Impatient for a challenge and want to make an impact on the world around you?
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Keunggulan
- We are Top 30 in the UK (The Complete University Guide 2022)
- Ranked 7th in the UK for Politics and International Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2021
- 25th for international outlook in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022
- Top 50 for politics and sociology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021
- Number one university in the UK for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs), the flagship Innovate UK programme.
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