English and Comparative Literary Studies

Entry requirements

2:i undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject. A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline.

Months of entry

October

Course content

Research degrees allow for sustained individual research on a single theme or topic with supervision by a member of staff with expertise in the area of research. Postgraduates in both the taught and research degree programmes are very much embraced within the department and are welcomed here in a way similar to new staff. You will share a common room with academics in the department, and enjoy full access to dedicated computer and library facilities.

Alternative Lifeworld Fictions; American Literature and Culture; Critical Theory; Ecocriticism; Eighteenth-Century Studies; Feminist and Gender Theory; Literature and Medicine; Literature and Psychoanalysis; Literature and Religion; Medieval and Early Modern Studies; Modern and Contemporary Literature; Modernism; Poetry and Poetics; Postcolonial and World Literary Studies; Romanticism; Shakespeare, Drama and Performance; Literary Translation; Translation Studies; Victorian Literature and Culture; World Literary Systems.

Department specialisms

Alternative Lifeworld Fictions; American Literature and Culture; Critical Theory; Ecocriticism; Eighteenth-Century Studies; Feminist and Gender Theory; Literature and Medicine; Literature and Psychoanalysis; Literature and Religion; Medieval and Early Modern Studies; Modern and Contemporary Literature; Modernism; Poetry and Poetics; Postcolonial and World Literary Studies; Romanticism; Shakespeare, Drama and Performance; Literary Translation; Translation Studies; Victorian Literature and Culture; World Literary Systems.

Information for international students

English Language requirement: Band C. For more guidance on English language requirements please visit this page.

Fees and funding

For more information on funding please visit our Postgraduate fees and funding page.

Qualification and course duration

MPhil/PhD