Taught course

English

Institution
Bangor University · School of English
Qualifications
PhD by taughtMPhil

Entry requirements

We would normally expect students starting a PhD or MPhil to hold a first class or a good second-class degree.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The MPhil is awarded for a dissertation of not more than 60,000 words and the PhD for a dissertation normally of not more than 100,000 words.

Research Areas

English with specialisations in:

  • Other Literature from the Middle Ages and the 16th, 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries
  • English Literature post 1500
  • Arthurian literature
  • American Literature
  • Comparative Literature
  • Anglo-Welsh Writing
  • Postcolonial Literature
  • Gender and Writing
  • Autobiography
  • Travel Writing
  • Romanticism
  • Renaissance Literature
  • Modern English and American Drama
  • Milton and Literature of the Civil War period
  • Modernism
  • Contemporary Poetry
  • Creative Writing.

Qualification, course duration and attendance options

  • PhD by taught
    part time
    72-96 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
    full time
    36 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
  • MPhil
    part time
    48-60 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
    full time
    24 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification

Course contact details

Name
Postgraduate Admissions
Email
pgenquires@bangor.ac.uk
Phone
01248 351151