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English MAs by Research
The Department of English at Lancaster is particularly strong in
As well as accepting applications in all literary fields, we particularly
nineteenth-century studies, and provides the Director and Co-
welcome applications to work in the areas listed below which Directors of two research groups focused on the period - the
coincide with the research strengths of the Department. Whilst Wordsworth Centre and the Ruskin Centre. Students will be
these are still ‘degrees by research’ we aim to support your required to participate in the research seminars of the Wordsworth
independent study with constructive research training of the kind Centre and/or the Ruskin Centre which are devoted to the ongoing
required by the AHRC for the one-year plus three-years model of study of specific nineteenth century topics (e.g. the Literary
postgraduate funding, leading to a PhD. These specialised Construction of the Lake District, Ruskin and Aesthetics: Modern
programmes have the advantage of providing a stimulating and
Painters 1843-1993). However, dissertation topics are not confined
supportive research culture for students working in similar fields.
solely to these fields and we welcome applications related to any
aspect of nineteenth century literature and culture. Staff have
MA in English Literary Research (by Research)
specialist interests in: Wordsworth; Byron; literature and film;
women’s poetry; radicalism; the Gothic; literature and theology.
Director of Studies: Dr Andrew Tate.
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.
MA in Literature, Drama and Society:
Entry Requirements: An upper second class honours degree, or its
Shakespeare to Behn (by Research)
equivalent, in English Literature, or a related subject.
Assessment: Combination of coursework, research methodology
Director of Studies: Dr Andrew Tate.
portfolio and dissertation.
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.
IELTS: 6.5
Entry Requirements: An upper second class honours degree, or its
Funding: AHRC - see also page 196.
equivalent, in English Literature, or a related subject.
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Assessment: Combination of coursework, research methodology
portfolio and dissertation.
This MA should suit anyone who wishes to undertake an intensive
IELTS: 6.5
year of study on any literary topic. While accepting applications in
Funding: AHRC - see also page 196.
all literary fields, we particularly welcome applications to work on
one of the following themes: Shakespeare and his contemporaries;
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language and power Romanticism, particularly Wordsworth and
the Lake Poets; nineteenth century literature; women’s writing and
This MA is designed to cater for those interested in the literature of
feminist literary approaches; twentieth-century literature and theory.
Shakespeare and his contemporaries, as seen in the light of current
cultural theory, and particularly for those who want to explore it
MA in Nineteenth-Century Literary Research
through the structured writing of a research thesis.
(by Research)
As well as receiving regular personal supervision, you will also work
Director of Studies: Dr Andrew Tate.
with other research students by attending the Department’s
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.
programme of seminars offered to all research students, by
Entry Requirements: An upper second class honours degree, or its
auditing the undergraduate course on contemporary literary theory
equivalent, in English Literature, or a related subject.
(if desired), and by participating in the Department’s Shakespeare
Assessment: Combination of coursework, research methodology
Programme. Specific topics include Shakespeare’s ‘lost years’;
portfolio and dissertation.
household performance; early modern art and patronage;
IELTS: 6.5
Lancashire Catholicism; women, religion and dramatic
Funding: AHRC - see also page 196.
representation; the European Counter-Reformation; Shakespeare
Further Information: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/english
and the Gothic; the implication of all these themes for postmodern
interpretation of Shakespeare’s plays and poems.
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