World Literature

Entry requirements

2:1 (or equivalent) in an undergraduate degree in a related subject.

Applicants are asked to provide a writing sample to demonstrate suitability for the course.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The MA in World Literature at Warwick draws on our Department’s renowned expertise in theoretically driven world-literary and postcolonial studies to offer a year-long course that is unique in the UK.

Considering your position as a future scholar and global citizen, this MA will introduce you to the study of writing and culture from across the globe. You will take a core module in the methodology and theory of world-literary studies, choose from a range of modules that address issues in modern and contemporary world literature, and write a dissertation on an (approved) topic of your choice with a specialist supervisor.