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387 Master's degrees in Literature in Europe

Literature, Visual Culture and Film Studies
Engage in a broadly interdisciplinary study of the relationships between literature, visual culture, and film in contemporary and historical contexts. Gain cutting-edge theoretical insights into intermedial aesthetics and into the philosophy of literature, art, and film. Students are provided with critical tools for the cultural analysis of contemporary audiovisual, image, and text-based media.

Creative Writing and Education - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Creative Writing and Education - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Goldsmiths, University of London.

English Literature
This English Literature programme from Newcastle University allows you to work around your own research interests. It will prepare you for further research within and beyond academia.

Welsh - Language and Literature
Our MA in Welsh - Language and Literature (MA Cymraeg: Iaith a Llenyddiaeth) at Bangor University offers you an exciting opportunity to study various aspects of the language and its literature through the medium of Welsh or English – from the early heroic poetry of Aneirin to 21st-century literature in translation.

English Literature - Modernities - Literature, Culture, Theory
Guided by a team of internationally recognised experts, in the English Literature - Modernities - Literature, Culture, Theory programme of the University of Glasgow you will investigate the key texts and concepts that shape our understanding of literature and culture across a period of radical change from 1880 to the present.

Creative Practice - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Creative Practice - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Goldsmiths, University of London.

English Literary Studies - Pre-Master's Programme (PMP)
This one-year (2-semester) English Literary Studies - Pre-Master's Programme (PMP) from OnCampus Southampton offers successful students guaranteed progression to the University of Southampton.

German
This German Master's from Newcastle University combines taught and research elements, allowing you to explore in depth a specific area of German including culture, literature, and linguistics.

Critical Theory
Within this Critical Theory MRes programme from the University of Nottingham you will develop your knowledge of critical theory and learn to apply critical theory approaches to contemporary social, political and cultural phenomena.

English Literature
Throughout this English Literature study delivered by the University of Plymouth you'll explore the ever-evolving world of literature and culture through an exciting array of thematic modules, spanning a broad range of periods from the early modern to the present.

Creative Writing and English Literature
The MA Creative Writing and English Literature degree from The University of Hull is perfect if you want to enhance your creative writing skills but are also interested in English Literature. You’ll study contemporary text with published writers and scholars and can specialise in either creative writing or English Literature – or both.

English Literature - Pre-Master’s Programme
The English Literature - Pre-Master’s Programme at OnCampus Hull is a two semester programme, with guaranteed progression to the University of Hull. You will study your Master's programme at our Centre located at the heart of the University of Hull campus.

Renaissance Literature 1500-1700
The Renaissance Literature 1500-1700 programme from University of York is an intensive and exciting survey of the literary culture of the 16th and 17th centuries. The transformations in religion, politics, the technologies of writing and publication, science and global exploration, which continue to resonate today, prompted some of the most vibrant, difficult, and rewarding writing ever produced.

Contemporary Literature and Culture
The Contemporary Literature and Culture programme from Loughborough University enables graduates to explore British and American fiction, poetry, and drama, analysing contemporary issues such as #MeToo, the Covid pandemic, and climate change, and understanding how literary prizes influence the production of today’s literature.

Literary Studies (Research)
In the Master's specialisation Literary Studies you will learn to develop new insights that will contribute to a better understanding of literary texts and how they function within society.

Literatures of Engagement
The Literatures of Engagement programme from Maynooth University addresses this sense of crisis by recognising the significant role that literature and the critical discourses associated with the study of literature, have in both reproducing and analysing cultural values and ideologies, but also in articulating responses and resistance to those.

Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics and Literature
If you're ready to take your knowledge and expertise in Area Studies into a postgraduate research degree, the M.Phil. in Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics and Literature, University of Portsmouth is the perfect place to fulfil your ambitions.

English Literature
With this MA English Literature degree from University of Hull, you’ll gain insight into society, culture and politics by developing an understanding of the power of language and why it affects how we interpret and communicate with the world around us.

Master's by Research
The Master's by Research MA/MSc programme from De Montfort University emphasises independent study over taught instruction. It is often used as a training course in advanced research work and lays the foundation towards doing a PhD.

Creative Writing Prose Fiction
This Creative Writing Prose Fiction course from the University of East Anglia is the oldest and most prestigious Creative Writing programme in the UK. It is uniquely focused on the writing of fiction. We take a rigorous and creative approach to enabling students' ideas, voices, technique and craft.