English Literature York St John University

Overview

English Literature MA at York St John University is an opportunity to engage with a wide range of contemporary and historical texts to explore questions of intertextuality, adaptation, appropriation, tradition and literary inheritance. 

As well as studying texts in depth, you will go beyond this to consider their wider contexts and the interelationships between them.

This course will give you an in depth understanding not just of individual literary texts, but of how they relate to each other, to their wider literary and global context, and to our changing perceptions of literary value. The focus of the modules capitalises on the particular areas of expertise of our dynamic and supportive academic team, but they have also been developed in consultation with industry experts, to ensure your learning is relevant to many different potential career paths. 

Rather than focusing on a particular form or period of writing, it allows you to explore texts across time, place and genre, and ask questions about literature as a broader concept. This means that when it comes to your final dissertation, you have free rein to focus on whatever genre, form, literary period or theme interests you most. For this extended project. You will be assigned a supervisor from our team, whose research expertise span a wide range of specialisms.

Career outcomes

This postgraduate degree could lead you to a career directly related to English Literature, or it could take you in a completely different direction, using the many transferrable skills you will develop.

This will give you an advantage for a career in many employment areas, including:

• Journalism
• Marketing and communications
• Publishing
• Teaching
• Libraries and archives
• Arts and heritage